If anyone’s counting, this was my third writers’ conference this year. Alas, it will also be my last one for 2017. With the holidays approaching, a digital marketing conference on the horizon for early December, as well as a round of edits for a new project, and NaNoWriMo, I’m 100% spent. Not to mention […]
Your Second Pass edits, otherwise known as your “Line Edits” focus to clarify meaning, to improve flow, to emphasize the point, etc. Before I go into my process for second pass edits, if you need a quick refresh on what different types of edits are, writer and editor Naomi Hughes does an excellent job of explaining the […]
There’s nothing like going to a weekend-long writers’ conference to light a fire under your keister. And let me tell you…after attending the Writers’ League of Texas annual Agents & Editors Conference, I. Am. Fired. Up!! In my last conference post I mentioned how crucial they are to a writer’s career. Well, this conference in […]
Happy Book Birthday to Vicki L. Weavil and her YA Fairytale retelling, Crown of Ice! Snow Queen Thyra Winther is immortal, but if she can’t reassemble a shattered enchanted mirror by her eighteenth birthday she’s doomed to spend eternity as a wraith. CROWN OF ICE – ebook and paperback available now In celebration […]
Introducing Vicki L. Weavil… Vicki and I have been friends and CPs for almost five years! Ever since meeting online at Agent Query Connect, we have enjoyed each other’s writing and advice over the years. It’s been such a gift to watch her grow her writing career and she has been such a savior to […]
One of the things that has been instrumental in my writer’s journey has been attending writers’ conferences. There is no faster, easier—and more fun—way to gain access to the publishing world. Over the past four years, I have attended at least 12 writers conferences—all within driving distance! Some were cheap, some were expensive, but all […]
After almost a month since its pilot, I finally found time to binge-watch the first four episodes of the new CW teen drama series, Riverdale. Let me tell you, I was not disappointed. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the best judge of good television. In fact, most of my favorite […]
By the time I’d finished organizing my notes for my revision, I had mixed feelings. On one hand, I couldn’t wait to finally get started on the actual editing, and on the other hand, I was already exhausted. After all, I still had a long way to go. I had the entire manuscript to still […]
Before getting a book deal, I’d heard many author friends complain about the dreaded “editorial letter.” How many pages was it going to be this time? What parts of their precious manuscript were they going to have to cut because the pacing was too slow? …and other nerve-wracking questions. I had one author friend […]
Writers spend hours and hours prepping for various projects. Whether that is outlining the next novel, or editing an older one, or even working on their marketing plans, there’s a lot of time and effort of sitting in a coffee shop or library with headphones on. Part of that prep time for me (and a […]