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Picking a New Book to Write

Still deep in the querying trenches with SHROUD OF DAWN, it’s well past time I picked a new project to work on. I have several (well, more than several) ideas and half-finished zero drafts, and I tried to Commit to one of them arbitrarily; that didn’t work, so I tried to Commit to another one arbitrarily. That also didn’t work. So instead, I did what any rational person would do, and I became obsessed with the Anastasia Broadway Production for about three consecutive weeks. I listened to it on repeat, tried and failed to write fanfiction about it, and ultimately...

Shroud of Dawn Finished! Draft 5 is, anyway

You may be thinking to yourself: SHROUD OF DAWN is called “Novel 002” because THE RAVEN was the first book, right? Wrong! THE RAVEN is actually called “Novel 003”. I don’t need to explain myself to you. (I will, though: Novel 001 was a bit ambitious for me, so I shelved it. I’ll circle back to it later. Maybe.) Anyway, Novel 002, currently titled SHROUD OF DAWN, is as complete as I can get it at the moment! I have been querying agents since finishing Draft 4, but Draft 5 is the one I’m actually sending out when they request...

Still Almost Done

It turns out that not having a lot of experience writing endings makes endings difficult to write. Interesting…  I’ve been stuck at the end of Shroud of Dawn for a little while now; I know what I need to solve, but not how to solve it–and it’s difficult to ask for help from anyone other than a rubber duck. I’m 100k words into this novel (yes, I should shorten it) and every one of those words needs to tie into the end. (Not ‘need’, exactly–you know what I mean.) I just need to do it! Meanwhile, several story ideas, some...

The Race to Be Imperfect

Working on SHROUD OF DAWN, I’m finding out that it’s criminally difficult to both put out a work that you’re proud of and to put it out in a timely manner. Some wise man once said that if 100% is perfection, then we should all strive for 80%; and they’re right, of course. But why not make it BETTER if it can be better? At the very least, I want the themes to be cohesive, and the lessons, as a bare minimum, not harmful. It turns out that that’s quite the line to walk for SHROUD OF DAWN, which is...

Webbed Site is Under Construction

You might have noticed this already, but this is a bit unfinished! Keep an eye out for another post where I say we’re all done, but until then, apologies for the odd-looking pages and such in the meantime. Feel free to poke around, but make sure to grab a hardhat on your way in or we WILL be sued by OSHA

THE PLACE WHERE A WRITER LIVES IS CALLED A SCRIVODE

If your goal is to keep up-to-date on Gwendolyn Kress, world-renowned* author, then you’re in the right place. If you’ve never heard of this person, then one might wonder how you came to find yourself on gwendolynkress dot org, but don’t leave yet. You might just find your next favorite author! Or at least a new author! If nothing else, a person! What’s one additional person on your radar, you ask? Uhh [FX: rifling through papers] Let me get back to you on that. In the meantime, peruse this webbed site to discover more about my social media, my books**,...

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Hey, folks! My name is Gwendolyn Kress, and sometimes I rearrange the English alphabet to suit my own nefarious needs. This is my little corner of the Internet; welcome, and please take off your shoes before entering.