Whew, went out of town and am just now getting back into the flow of things.So I was thinking about rejection. I have two finished manuscripts that I keep working on. I began to wonder if perhaps I’m afraid to actually send them out into the big, wonderful world of publishing. Then I decided no, […]
Today’s topic is backstory. Friend or Foe, I’d like to know. Okay, just kidding. Sorry for the bad rhyme.But really, backstory is one of those necessary tools that really gets abused. You, the writer, should know it like you know your life.You, the reader, should learn bits and pieces and maybe never know it all.It’s
A couple of wonderful things today. First, Janet Reid’s post. Can I just say that I love this lady’s way of writing things? I may query her, even if my genre is not her kind of thing. She’s awesome. Go on, read her post for today. It’s a writer’s best friend. I’m also reading Randy
Over at the Seekers is a wonderful post by author Julie Lessman. It’s all about meeting people who influence your life in positive ways, taking your writing journey in awesome and great directions. It’s also about being connected to people. Let’s face it. Writing is a solitary endeavor and I’ve heard that most writers are
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Check out Linda Ford’s helpful article on writing romance! http://www.lindaford.org/A_confessions.html
What’s the correct way to write a query letter? Check out Nathan Bransfords blog to find out the basics. I read a bestselling author’s book the other day. After a few pages I had to check the copyright because the book was loaded with backstory. Interesting stuff, but I still had to make myself slog
Yesterday I logged onto Yahoo and got the shock of a lifetime. Okay, not really, but it was a surprise. A man who’d been pronounced brain dead by doctors suddenly, on the day of the plug-pulling, moved. Yes, he moved, then woke up, and forty-eight hours later went home. How incredible is that? How awesome!
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A few weeks ago I left a comment on the Seekerville Blog and then I got an e-mail saying I’d won a book. Camy Tang’s second book Only Uni. It just came in the mail yesterday, along with two others. And she autographed it, which I thought was pretty cool. So, if you’d like to
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My editing is about done and then I’ll be ready to find some readers. These will be people who are not writers. That’s because I’ve made a startling discovery. Once I began to learn things about writing, such as backstory, dialogue, adverbs, etc. I lost my pleasure in reading. I became a judge rather than
Right now I’m reading Cheryl Wyatt’s second book, A Soldier’s Family. I have to say, the best thing about this book is the dialogue. Cheryl has this really funny voice and it comes through her characters. They sound so real. The teenage son talks the way a teenager does. Anyhow, I’m loving it. This is
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