Author: Rachel

Welcome to the web home of Rachel Heston Davis--young adult lit writer, newspaper stringer, and associate editor at Written World Communications. Please, make yourself at home. :) You can find loads of information here. For a peek into the secret life of an obsessive writer, read my blog. To see those writing projects on which I'm obsessing, visit the Writing page. If you're a fellow storyteller or story reader, I recommend Resources and Links to point you in the right direction. And as always, check my news feed for updates on projects and publishing!

Happy Independence Day!

ByRachel July 4, 2009 1 Comment

I feel like I myself have just won a great independence by finishing that third draft of Flynn. I am now free to take a short break, step away from the work, and do other things for a couple of weeks. This will renew my mind and allow me to be more objective when I come back to the novel again. It also signals the start of my querying agents, which I find both daunting and exciting. I will have...

Still July 3rd

ByRachel July 3, 2009 0 Comments

I almost missed a day of posting right after my commitment to NaBloPoMo. But it's still technically the 3rd so here's a quick update: I finished my third draft of Flynn! It had a few unexpected snags but I have overcome them all! I'm really tired, and need to go to bed. RHDavis

NaBloPoMo

ByRachel July 2, 2009 3 Comments

I am participating in NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month, a cousin to National Novel Writing Month in November), which is a month of daily posting. I gotta admit, the name is half the reason I'm doing it. NaBloPoMo. I love it. So, as my first post, I will give a random rundown of my life as it stands right this second. I'm frantically working towards my deadline of having third draft Flynn...

Official Flynn Deadline

ByRachel July 1, 2009 0 Comments

I've set myself a deadline, and I'm going to make it as official as I can. (That means posting it on here, on Facebook and on Twitter). Ahem. My third draft of Flynn will be finished and ready to send out to my volunteer editors by the Fourth of July holiday. That means it must be done by the end of the day on July 3. Maybe this will be the kick in the pants I need to finally finish this darn...

Shameless Plugs

ByRachel June 30, 2009 4 Comments

For anyone interested in my current projects, here's a post completely dedicated to shameless plugging of my own work. Yay! Flynn--A 16-year-old orphan is asked to take her parents' place and lead the kingdom against a vicious race of Warlocks, but she doubts her abilities and fears that Prince Aramor may just be using her to save his own skin. (YA epic fantasy, ages 13-18, about 430...