I sent Queen Witch to three beta readers on Monday. One of them wrote me back with incredibly helpful comments on the first four chapters the very next day, and another returned the entire manuscript with her comments late last night. I am very excited to hear more about what the others think, pore through […]
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Round of Words Goals Post
Update 1/30/14: This old post seems to be a big entry point to my blog. Click here for the most recent content. Hello there, and welcome to the final quarter of 2012! Can you believe it? The date is rockin’ my world these days…I can’t believe how time is flying. Anyway, on to my goals […]
The Power of Introverts
Writers and other creative types, if you’re anything like me, you need to check this out. My husband introduced me to this TED Talk by Susan Cain on The Power of Introverts. He said I had to watch it because she was totally talking about me. I think she’s talking about a lot of us […]
Mid-Week Update: Crying Over Spilled Characters
Do you ever make yourself cry with something you’re writing? I wrote a scene today that had me bawling. It spilled out really fast — I wrote 550 words in 20 minutes before taking a short break, that was the emotional part, and then came back a while later and wrote another 750 in about […]
Sunday Update: Plots, Progress, and Weighty Romantic Entanglements
The first draft I started last Wednesday is progressing nicely. I’ve met my test mile of at least 500 words each day, and I’m just one hundred words from the cumulative goal of an average of 1,000 a day needed to write this novella during August. Here’s my word count since the last check-in: Wed […]
Sunday Update: Brave (Writers & the Movie)
Yeah, I’m going to use that title. I’m feeling it, baby! Not only that; we took our three-year-old to see Brave today — her first theater experience. It was fun. A beautiful movie, with lovely music and a good mix of light-hearted tomfoolery and drama. The storyline was perfect for my girl, although it was […]
For Writers: You’ve Finished Editing … What Comes Next?
After Sunday’s post on editing, I’m going to offer some information about the next step — the possibilities (there are many!) for getting your work out once you’ve completed it. If any other writers or publishing professionals want to add their advice in the comments, or send me a link to their own posts on […]
For Writers: What Does Editing Mean to You?
After my last post, a reader asked about editing. Specifically, what advice do I have for writers who have finished a book, but are stuck at the first edit? Other writers, please chime in by leaving a comment, or write your own post on the topic and let me know; I’ll add a list at […]
Sunday Update: Super Productive Weekend
Yay! The title was very nice to write. As you may already know, I took a break for pretty much the last three weeks as I prepared for a friend’s wedding, vacationed with the family, and got my head around the final stages of revision on Queen Witch. My head is there, baby! Now it’s […]
Mid-Week Update: Exciting Progress!
Part One of Queen Witch is done! It’s so hard to measure progress in revision, so I’m looking both at changes in total word count, and where I am in the manuscript. I’m at 11,200 words of cleaned up and revised manuscript. Yippee! That’s 2,900 words further along than Sunday’s count. However, my total word count […]