If you've been writing for any length of time, and if you've let anyone other than your mom read your stuff, you've probably run into a little criticism.When I finished my NaNo novel with a dramatic yelp of joy, I knew it was headed straight for publication. No roadblocks. Just sheer, unquestioning … [Read more...]
Who’s Bad?
Just a quick Friday question:In all your fiction reading, classic or modern, who's the baddest of the bad villains you've ever come across? Or even the worst main character that you loved to hate?Both of these two were pretty bad! But we still loved reading about them...Or for a modern bad girl, how … [Read more...]
Newbie Writing Mistakes Monday–FORMATTING ISSUES
HAVING FUN… USING RANDOMTYPES OF FONT, SIZE ANDSPACING… I changed the wording of this feature title. Writing Newbie Mistakes Monday, the previous title, could be misconstrued as WAYS to write some newbie mistakes...maybe I'm overthinking it, but I had to change it!This Monday, I thought I'd … [Read more...]
Photo Shoot
Okay, my friends, I need some help. I'm going to try to pick the top 5 pics of my photo shoot today. Keep in mind that the photographer was my husband, bless his heart. I tend to crack up sometimes with him: And yes, don't worry, I know there are white hairs in there. We're just gonna work with … [Read more...]
NEW AGENT!
Hi, my friends and followers! You've found me at this new blog! I'm so thrilled that my first post can be an upbeat one (not one of my I'm so discouraged, am I really supposed to write posts!).News of the day! I have a new agent, and he's fantastic! Andy Scheer, of Hartline Literary (link on the … [Read more...]
Newbie Writing Mistakes Monday–OBEY THE AGENCY RULES
I wanted to do this series as a vlog, but since I have no clue how to rig that up, for now, I'll use my words.Mistakes...if you're anywhere along this writing road, you've made some. I've made quite a few. Today, I just wanted to talk about one newbie mistake that should be quite self-evident.Don't … [Read more...]