M.C. Allison

Tag: writing

  • Typed Up the New Version of My Novel. Now what?

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    In 2014, I shared a draft of my novel too early. It had typos. I attempted to write a dystopian erotica novel about skateboarding and ended up grossing out most of my beta readers. The structure alternated between skateboard scenes, sex scenes, skateboard scenes, sex scenes, and on and on for 60,000 words. That is…

  • Winter Thinking: How to Spend One’s Time

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    Metamucil is the most critical daily supplement I take in this picture, but the other two are essential as well. In June of 2022, I had a health scare that I went to the ER for, which put me on this middle-aged man regimen. It feels so long ago, even though it’s less than a…

  • Nearly a Decade, and Still Learning

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    Sometime in 2013, I came up with my idea for a novel. It has been quite the nine years. I can’t claim to have worked non-stop on it, but I’ve done two complete rewrites and restructured it several times as well. Currently, I’m revising it again. Before I had a two-story line approach of 25…