Tag Archives: author

Chapter Length

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Ileandra Young

Having briefly discussed text breaks, I thought it only made sense to look into chapter length. It is also something that has come up in my writing class and I find it interesting how much the opinions differ. I’ve read … Continue reading →

Posted in Ileandra's Posts, Illy Tips | Tagged author, chapter length, emotion, Ileandra Young, illytips, pace, postaweek2012, POV, reader, scene, text break, tone, write, writing | 16 Comments

Scared Out Of Self Publishing

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Ileandra Young

I want to talk about Self Publishing. At the beginning of the year, I hinted that I had a plan with regards to getting some of my work out there by way of self publishing. Because these stories are either … Continue reading →

Posted in Ileandra's Posts | Tagged agent, author, big six, ebook, edit, editing, editor, hire an editor, ileandra, Ileandra Young, publisher, risk, self publish, self publishing, traditional publishing | 6 Comments

Step Three: Acknowledgement

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Ileandra Young

I got my postcard back from the agents. ^_^ I must admit, I shouldn’t be too surprised that it did, since I made it as easy as I possibly could. I addressed it, stamped it and what not, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Ileandra's Posts, Silk Over Razor Blades | Tagged agent, author, edit, editing, ileandra, Ileandra Young, literary agent, postaweek2011, razor, razorblades, silk, SORB, submission, vamp, vampire, words, write, writer, writing | 3 Comments

My First Literary Con!

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Ileandra Young

So… first of all, I think I need to thank my wonderful, awesome, fabulously sexy, loving and amazing partner for giving me a gentle, barely there push to do what I did yesterday. He’s got this fabulous way of pushing, … Continue reading →

Posted in FUN!, Ileandra's Posts | Tagged altfiction, author, derby quad, editor, ileandra, Ileandra Young, postaweek2011, quad, words, write, write east midlands, writer, writing | 14 Comments

Vampires ARE Still Cool – Books

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Ileandra Young

Right. So… I’ve done films. I even touched briefly on TV shows in my last ROAR-FEST about vampires, but this one is about books. And this one is the point of where that last one began. After all, I’m not … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Ileandra's Posts, Real Life Chatter, Reviews | Tagged alisa perne, anita blake, author, bill compton, blood, books, bram stoker, charlaine harris, Christopher pike, dracula, eric northman, ileandra, janice harrell, jean claude, jesus, krishna, laurell k hamilton, mellisa de la cruz, messiah, nyx, pc and kirsten cast, postaweek2011, religous, schuyler, sita, sookie stackhouse, stephanie myer, tattoo, traditional, TV, twilight, vamp, vampire, wiccan, witch, words, write, writer, writing, yaksha, yakshini, zoey redbird | 2 Comments

Finger Ache

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Ileandra Young

This has come about as a result of two things. Neither of them are bad and, strangely, they are linked to completely different things and ache in very different ways. Finger Ache One I’ve been practising guitar again. I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Ileandra's Posts, Non-Writing Projects, Procrastination | Tagged ache, animal, author, blades, blog, chapters, clash, Clash of the Animal Kings, edit, editing, fingers, goal, guitar, ileandra, keyboard, king, kings, mission, nano, nanowrimo, novel, postaweek2011, project, prose, publish, razorblades, rewrite, silk, SORB, teenage, vampire, wordcount, words, writer, writing | 5 Comments

Finiiiiished! ^_^

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Ileandra Young

Sorted! Eight days overdue, but the NaNo project is finally done. I have made it to the end of the story and have rounded it off with a grand total of 82,055 words. Lol, part of me still wants to … Continue reading →