Encouragement Category
The Waiting Game – how to play it
Posted on October 15, 2014 1 Comment
I hate to wait. Don’t we all. But I’m in The Waiting Game now, and for at least a week or so, I will discipline myself to find something to do besides thinking about whether or not I’ll get an agent or an editor. Since I don’t like waiting, I’ve decided not to sit around […]
Just When You Think You’re Done – Part II
Posted on October 9, 2014 Leave a Comment
It seems to me that writing is a never-ending process. Some friends of mine recently moaned about “line edits.” And they’re not published yet. Neither do they have an agent or an editor. So what are they doing? Making their manuscript the best they can to give their story the best chance to get published. […]
The Next Step
Posted on October 1, 2014 3 Comments
Writing is a process, and this blog talks about my writing process. Over this last weekend, I was in St. Louis at a writer’s conference to pitch my novel and try to either get an agent or a publishing house interested in Meghan’s Choice. I’ll talk a bit about Meghan’s Choice on a different post […]
Trust the Peace
Posted on September 22, 2014 2 Comments
There’s just something peaceful about a body of water. This is my background photo – the Sea of Galilee at the dawn of a new day. I’ve had some tumult this year, both bad and good. You’ve heard about the ‘bad’ – the broken wrist, the l-o-n-g rehab. It’s all part of the process. Now […]
If you wanna write a novel…here’s how
Posted on September 16, 2014 1 Comment
DiAnn Mills is a mentor of mine through Christian Writers Guild’s Craftsman class. They just renamed it to Fiction Intensive. The book, Dance of Character and Plot is a primer for writing fiction. I recently talked with DiAnn about the book. It’s a great book for beginning novelists. It’s easy to understand and there are […]
My Writing Process Blog Tour
Posted on September 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
I want to thank the talented Justina Luther for inviting me on this lovely blog tour. Check out her blog! She loves to write fiction, and she’s prolific. Visit her blog by clicking here. I also want to thank everyone who has read, commented on, liked, and followed my blog! I love writing and sharing […]
My Lovely Blog Award
Posted on September 15, 2014 3 Comments
What would I do without Justina Luther? She is one heck of a lady! Thank you so much, Justina Luther, visit her blog here, for nominating me for this award! It means a lot. Justina is a very generous person. She passes along her good fortune to me! Here’s the rules for this award: You […]
The Bookshelf Tag
Posted on September 11, 2014 3 Comments
First of all, shout out to Justina Luther http://justinaluther.wordpress.com for this tag. And I appreciate everyone who reads or looks at this blog. It’s a work in progress and I’m still feeling my way through it, trying to discover what people want to read. Be on the lookout for Justina, she’s hot on the bloggers scale […]
Self Publishing Writing Tips
Posted on September 4, 2014 2 Comments
Last week I shared that I was reading a two books in one set and I could tell it was self-published. How could I tell? Let’s talk about it. Signs of a Self-Published Book First, the story rambled on and on and on. I think the author was trying to write a sweeping saga or something. […]
Process Continues – revisions in life and writing
Posted on August 21, 2014 Leave a Comment
This week, I promised to talk about writing again. I feel I’ve written the story several times already, with each revision, each run through, it does seem I’ve written several stories within the one overall story of Meghan’s Choice. Whose story are you telling? Yours – or – someone else’s. I’m asking a […]
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