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The Joy of Having Written
I finished editing the final six chapters on AURUM today. I’m done. Finished, Finito. This is my fourth completed novel. The joy and lightness of spirit that comes with having written is a high I’ve now experienced four times, but … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, ambition, author, award-winning author, best seller, Best Sellers, butt in chair, celebrate, don't give up, editing, Favorite New Author, Joseph Campell, Larry Brooks, learning the craft, manuscript, more problems than the average bear, novel, novels, opening scene, prosperity, published, query, Research, revising, revisions, Robert McKee, Save the Cat, scene, science fiction, Sharon Joss, short story, speculative fiction, story structure, story worthy problem, write, write every day, writer, writers write, writing business
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Growing Pains
I’ve been on a bit of a high since making my first professional sale in May and seeing my short story published in August. Recently, I’ve begin to experience the letdown that comes with a return to regularly scheduled programming. … Continue reading
Posted in bad hair days, belief systems, butt in chair, don't give up, editing, edits, frustrations, good writing, Perseverance, rejection, writer, writers, writers workshop, writing
Tagged rejections
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Purging the Three-letter-word Profanity
I’m taking a class on pitches and blurbs. It’s a good class, and it’s helping me even more than I expected. One of the most important elements of strong pitches and blurbs is using active language, and this means ridding … Continue reading
Posted in drafts, dreaded, editing, edits
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Edit Mode
I’ve started editing my latest WIP this week. I finished up the first draft of AURUM on July 4th, and have spent the last five weeks focused on getting Destiny Blues published, preparing GLAMOUR for publication later this fall, reviewing … Continue reading
Posted in Destiny Blues, early draft, early readers, editing, editor, edits
Tagged Destiny Blues, fiction, publication, Sharon Joss, writing, writing goals
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Sharpening the Blade
Slowly but surely, I’m closing in on the final stages of my latest work on progress, GLAMOUR. It will be my third complete novel in three years. I am gratified to see that my writing is much better than the … Continue reading
Small Victories
I just finished a major revision on Glamour, and Draft 3.0 is now complete. Many thanks to the excellent feedback and encouragement I received from my early readers. Based on their feedback, and feedback I’d gotten from the Pros … Continue reading
Posted in celebrate the small stuff, editing, Glamour, manuscript, revisions, subplots, theme, urban fantasy
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Plotting Along – Thank You, Theresa Meyers!
I spent the day in a local Romance Writer’s workshop yesterday with Theresa Meyers ( http://www.theresameyers.com/index.php ). All but a couple of us were writers of the romance genre or sub-genres, but most of what she had to teach us transcended … Continue reading
Posted in editing, edits, Joseph Campell, plotting, story board, structure, Theresa Meyers
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