Novel Writing

A Good Ole-Fashioned Novel Revision Update

Notes from my agent and grappling with self made deadlines

Dec 5 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

Let’s Write Your Novel. Together.

Join my challenge!

Oct 24 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

A Long Awaited Yes

How I found my literary agent!

Sep 9 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

Hold It All Loosely

How I wrote my first novel + novel #2 plans

Aug 18 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

Mystery Girl Summer

An obsession with a genre and a querying update

Jul 17 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

Letting the Nostalgia Have Its Way with Me

Querying my novel and summer slowness

Jun 21 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

Starting in the Middle of the End

Revising backwards and late afternoon writing sessions

May 30 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

How to Sort Through Beta Reader Feedback

Novel writing update: Moving goal posts (again), and staying organized

Apr 29 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

I’ve become one of those people who say “If I can write a novel, then so can you.”

On giving writing advice

Mar 28 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

It's Waiting Season

Beta readers and living in limbo: a novel update

Mar 22 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

"Trust in the process" might sound like a cliché but it's so damn true

I wrote 4 drafts of my novel. What now?

Jan 31 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

Writing a novel about working in a country club while still working in a country club

On my fear of being perceived

Jan 24 •

Kailey Brennan DelloRusso

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