terra non firma

the inevitable blog post about blogging

I started this blog for a couple of reasons - to get in the habit of writing daily (sort of). to get in the habit of reading daily. to learn more about a topic I had more than a passing interest in. I've tried (only somewhat successfully) to avoid the kind of naval gazing you find on most blogs but eventually, the topic always rolls back to most writers' favorite topic - themselves.

as some of you know, my business partner, aram and I are working on a book proposal based on a project we were commissioned to write last year. we might, MIGHT, have a literary agent. we don't know what, if anything, will come of this. but we thought, why not chronicle it anyway? so we're launching a new blog: Apart at the Seams. we don't want to talk about the content of the proposal - its not really relevant to this blog. we're trying to focus on the process of writing a proposal, signing with a literary agent (we hope). getting a book deal (we hope). writing and publishing a book (again, we hope). we don't know how it will end but thought it might be useful to provide an account of the journey. and it will probably be far more intermittently updated than this blog. so welcome. see you there.

posted by marissa @ 11:49 AM