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Tag: amEditing

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.

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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

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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?

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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?)

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5 Bic pens fanned out. Green, black, pink, blue, and red.

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!

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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!

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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…

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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

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Whirlwinds and Song

In the past week: I edited 77,000 words last week plotted out and started rewriting my new ending attended the … More

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