Starlog

  • What do you do when your conflict doesn’t work?

    Ugh!  I am working off a very loose outline for my book ASHES IN THE SKY, the sequel to FIRE IN THE WOODS that releases September 23, 2014. Here I am, cruising along with about 100 pages written, and the bad guy starts discussing the reason for being bad.    It totally fell flat.  I mean,… Read more

  • How Not to Get Happily Published

    Originally posted on Liz Burton's Portable Soup: Now that what used to be sneered at as vanity publishing has been embraced by the mainstream, one thing that has been lost in all of the discussions that have gone before is that there are other options besides the two that have been the center of attention… Read more

  • Editing Under Pressure. Yes, It can be done #2

    I am knee deep in the content edits for my new novel FIRE IN THE WOODS. The turn-around on the editing is KILLER. So far, I’ve done okay. Easy changes to make the plot-lines flow more smoothly. Then I got to the hard stuff. The editor mentioned three words she felt were over used. So… Read more

  • Editing Under Pressure. Yes, It can be done #1

    My first round edits came back for FIRE IN THE WOODS, which has been contracted with a three-month deadline to publication.  I took a deep breath, knowing that the completed edits were due back in FIVE DAYS. I was pretty surprised, though.  This is the content edit phase, and they asked for very few changes. … Read more

  • The Big Announcement! Jennifer M. Eaton signs with @Month9Books for YA SciFi FIRE IN THE WOODS Series

    Yay!  Today’s the big day! I’m thrilled to announce that my young adult contemporary science fiction novel FIRE IN THE WOODS has been contracted with Month9Books for release September 23, 2014. Did you catch that? September 2014!!! Yes, I’m a little stressed, because most books being signed right now are pushing out to late 2015… Read more

  • How to Publish Topic #4: Qualified Small Houses

    I will admit, this is my sweet spot.  Qualified Small Houses are the up and comers that have the big-guys quaking in their boots.  Some of these people have jumped ship from bigger houses.  Some are experts in their fields, while others are succeeding because they are not afraid to break the rules. These companies… Read more