Posted Feb 25 2010
I hate outlining. I mean, I HATE it like I hate root canal and vegetables. I envy all those seat-of-their-pants writers who can take a premise from mere spark to finished draft without so much as a single index card, post-it note, or character chart but sadly, that is NOT me. Though I despise outlining, […]
Read More...Posted Feb 18 2010 in Miscellany
I have started querying “Send” and heard back from one agent so far, who said Send is an adult romance and needs to be longer. I’m so thrilled I got feedback instead of form rejections. But I’m so embarrassed that my research was incomplete. I didn’t realize YA meant no older than 18 and still […]
Read More...Posted Feb 15 2010 in Miscellany
About two years ago, I finished a romance called “Border Lines” and thought it could be the first in a series. I spent the weekend outlining a sequel and this morning, penned the first two chapters in what I’m tentatively calling “Head Lines”. I love starting new projects. I love finishing them even more, but […]
Read More...Posted Feb 14 2010 in Miscellany
Ahh. The revisions on Send are done… at least, for this round. I’m finally happy with it. I like the balance struck between the protagonist and antagonist – both slightly insane, though the former’s is from guilt and the latter’s is from grief. Nothing on earth tops the sense of accomplishment I feel when I […]
Read More...Posted Feb 7 2010
Is there a muse of revision? I need one.
Read More...Posted Feb 3 2010
I don’t know what I was thinking… I did it. I sent the Query Shark my “Send” query. I’ve ruined two manicures so far while waiting for Janet Reid, the Query Shark herself, to er…sink her teeth into it. This, right here, this is the hardest part of being a writer and I don’t mean […]
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