Just chose the winner of Jupiter Winds and it was Alyssa Washburn! Congrats, Alyssa! And thank you all for entering and a big thanks to CJ Darlington for visiting my blog! I know most of you follow my Facebook author page here, but if not, here’s a Writers’ Talk interview I enjoyed doing with Alton Gansky. Alton is the director of the… Read More
What’s the Point of the Proposal?
Let me just say, I realize what a bear proposal-writing is for most writers. Anyone who knows me at all knows that proposals (synopses in particular) are my arch-enemies. However, each time I’ve written one, I’ve learned something, and I’m happy to share what I’ve discovered along the way. First off, every agency has different proposal rules. Some want comparable… Read More
There are No Shortcuts
Me and my randomly scrawled notes… I’ve thought about blogging this before, then thought, “Nah–it’s too bleak.” But today during Sunday school, as we talked about growing in Christ and maturing in our Christianity, I realized it’s true: There are no shortcuts. Same thing with marriage, or with parenting. You can read every book out there before you give birth,… Read More
Writer Stuff I Wish I’d Known…
After five attempts at writing a deep blogpost, I gave up. I know some of you have asked about my writing journey. So I thought I’d list a few things I wish someone would’ve told me when I started out. I wasn’t blogging then, so I didn’t really have any fiction-writing mentors (though I’ll give a shout-out to Brian Jones,… Read More
Old Wives’ Tales
First of all, I’d like to announce the random winner of Joanne Bischof’s novel, Be Still My Soul. IT IS: BECKY DOUGHTY! I know Becky will be excited because she’ll be meeting Joanne in person very soon at a book signing! For those of you who didn’t win, thanks so much for entering, and I hope you can buy your… Read More
Platform-Building Tips…
I’d love it if you’d check out my guest post over at Gina Conroy’s Writer Interrupted blog. I’m sharing some author platform-building tips I’ve picked up on along the way. Hope you enjoy! http://writerinterrupted.com/2012/07/24/platform-building-101/. –Heather