As you might have guessed if you've ever tried it, getting anything done on your WIP during the holidays is difficult when you have kids around. I have been trying to write a chapter here or there but it is getting to the point where I have to admit defeat on this two week break… Continue reading Writing and Family Holidays
Author: Eliza Solares
Writer of contemporary young adult novels. Serial procrastinator and occasional genre hopper. Learning the ropes of blogging because people have asked me to.
Guess the Movie #1
This post is exactly what it sounds like! I'm going to ask my toddler to describe a movie and I'm going to transcribe his description as close to how he says it as possible, though I will adjust slightly for spelling and grammar because he's a toddler. Then, you all get to read his description… Continue reading Guess the Movie #1
Calling It on the Re-Write
Well, if you've been following the situation with Slow Motion Whirlwind, you will be aware that it is my first novel and that I had to cut some of my chapters in order to improve the story. After sitting on it for a little bit, and showing it to a couple of beta readers, my… Continue reading Calling It on the Re-Write
Welcome!
Well, this is it! After weeks of preparing posts, collecting images and media to share, and crafting this blog into something I can be proud of, I am ready to launch it! Well, actually, I'm not sure I'm ready. But as with any endeavor, it is not possible to be fully ready, only ready enough.… Continue reading Welcome!
Funny Tidbits and General Blog Posts
If you have found this post, it is probably because you clicked something looking for more information about me or things I find amusing. Unfortunately, I haven't made any posts on those topics yet. As time goes on, I will post personal or random blog posts in this category. In the meantime, if you have… Continue reading Funny Tidbits and General Blog Posts
The Craft of Writing – An Update
The Craft of Writing posts are, understandably, taking me longer to draft than the update posts or the personal posts. I want to have the best materials for you all so I'm not comfortable putting out an unfinished post this week - I will start posting them by January. In the meantime, what do you… Continue reading The Craft of Writing – An Update
Writing with Graphics
When I was writing Slow Motion Whirlwind, I wrote it like a novel. The only exception I made for posting it on wattpad was to shorten the chapters into more "bite-sized" pieces because it was more suitable for the way people read there. When I posted the novel, I left it to read like a… Continue reading Writing with Graphics
Universal vs Personal Experiences
Something I am struggling with when writing A Year in Mondays has been the balance between my personal experiences, the overarching experience of having children, and Julie’s specific story. It is difficult sometimes to separate my experiences (and those of people around me) from those I have read on the internet, for example. So in… Continue reading Universal vs Personal Experiences
A Study in Serialization
As I was finishing the last chapters of my first posted novel, Slow Motion Whirlwind, I was pondering how the book would do on the serialization site that I was posting it on. That’s a story for another post, but while all of that was happening, I was suddenly struck with an idea for a… Continue reading A Study in Serialization
Writing As Improvisation
When I agreed to co-write this book with Allie, I’ll admit I was extremely nervous. I had checked out her stories so I knew she could write, and we'd talked a bit so I knew she was nice, but we had “known” each other for all of fifteen minutes when we started drafting the story.… Continue reading Writing As Improvisation
Eliza Solares 