When Your Rough Draft is Really Rough The Truth About My Rough Draft Friday night, I wrote 3,560 words and … More
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Editing: The Path Is a Spiral
When writing, you know when you’ve hit your target word count for the day or the novel.
What’s hard is knowing when you’ve finished editing a page.
Writing Resolutions: 2017
Writing Resolutions Welcome to all my readers. Thanks for tuning in for my resolutions. For those of you who don’t … More
10 Questions to Ask Your Beta-readers
The best way to get something is to ask for it. But how do you get useful, actionable feedback from your beta-readers?
Hamilton Lyrics to Write By: Act 1
When you’re a writer who’s addicted to the Hamilton soundtrack, you start thinking that some of those lyrics are aimed right at you!
Here are all the lyrics from Act 1 that make me think about my writing.
I may be obsessed.
(With which?)
5 Big Things I’ve Learned About Editing
When I finished writing my rough draft, I thought the hard part was over.
Boy was I wrong!
Whirlwind! #PitchWars
What a whirlwind of a Week!
My timing was perfect for joining #PitchWars, the chance to query a polished novel for a mentor, work with them for 2 months, then Showcase It To Agents! Like the ones on my shortlist.
I had to try!
I’m Ready To Query! Or Not.
I’m Ready To Query! Or Not.
I thought it was time to start query for a literary agent!
Then I started researching all the different types of queries.
Finally! I had it figured out, so I checked my top agent’s profiles.
Most of them asked for synopses…
Checkpoint and The Pitch
Today marks the halfway point of the year. So, time to check in with my goals: Yesterday, I participated in … More
WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS 