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How to Tackle an Edit Letter

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Have you ever received an edit letter or notes from a beta reader, and you’re not sure where to begin? Everyone’s revising tactics will be different, but sometimes it helps to see how someone else digests information and figures out what to do.  This is how I tackle an edit letter: I read it once,… Continue reading How to Tackle an Edit Letter

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What Happened When I Opened an Old Manuscript that I Hadn’t Read in Three Years

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Three years ago, I shelved a manuscript that I loved dearly but had to set aside in order to work on another project gaining interest in the market. It wasn’t a hard decision. At the time, I had just finished its third rewrite and, though it had recently won a writing contest, my other piece… Continue reading What Happened When I Opened an Old Manuscript that I Hadn’t Read in Three Years

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Did I Fail At Blogging? At Writing?

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Last month, I received my WordPress award for six years of blogging. And it felt like such a lie. Most of you know that I stopped blogging this year. It started in April, a little over six months ago, and it is by far the biggest step back from blogging I’ve ever taken. I tried… Continue reading Did I Fail At Blogging? At Writing?

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Editing (Rewriting) the First Draft

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This month, I’m covering my editing process, so if you haven’t checked out the first part— My Editing Process Starts in My Writing Process—check it out. Today, I’m continuing the writing journey by explaining what happens after I finish writing a first draft. 1. Review Your Notes & Plans Hopefully, you took a break between… Continue reading Editing (Rewriting) the First Draft

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First or Third Person? Present or Past Tense? How Do You Decide?

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So you're writing a book...but your book requires some decisions. Your narrative needs structure. And there are a million options to choose from. So how do you decide a perspective and a tense? What is the best combination for your book? Let me start out by saying that making the choice to write in first/third… Continue reading First or Third Person? Present or Past Tense? How Do You Decide?

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#MondayBlogs Confessions of a Slow Writer

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I’m a slow writer. There. I said it. I’m a slow writer. (Just for extra measure.) You see, I used to think I was a fast writer. “I can write a manuscript in two months,” “I wrote that novella in a few days,” “That short story took me an hour.” Okay. So, I’ve never actually… Continue reading #MondayBlogs Confessions of a Slow Writer

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#WritingTips What I Learned Rewriting a Seven-Year-Old Novel

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Every Monday I take a popular post from the past, and I recover it with new information and approaches. Today’s topic is more relevant than ever. I first tackled this topic over a year ago, explaining what it was like to rewrite November Snow, my first published novel from 2007, but, at the time, I… Continue reading #WritingTips What I Learned Rewriting a Seven-Year-Old Novel

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#WW Writing Help from the World

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About a week ago, it began to thunderstorm in the middle of November…and it rained for three days. The storm—insignificant to many—took me back to when I was a preteen and first writing Bad Bloods. I recalled how much I enjoyed the overall storyline but struggled with the simple aspects of the novel, mainly the… Continue reading #WW Writing Help from the World

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#WW My Next Publication: Two Books, Release Dates, and More.

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Last week, I announced that I signed November Snow with Clean Teen Publishing, and as promised, I'm releasing additional information today. The original version of November Snow that was published in 2007 was 600 pages. That being said, the rewrite is actually longer than the original, so Clean Teen Publishing has split November Snow into a two-part… Continue reading #WW My Next Publication: Two Books, Release Dates, and More.

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#WW Website Wonders

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Every month, I share all of the websites I come across that I find helpful, humorous, or just awesome. Below, you’ll find all of Octobers’s Website Wonders categorized into Reading, Writing/Publishing, and Coffee and More Fun If you enjoy these websites, be sure to follow me on Twitter because I share even more websites and… Continue reading #WW Website Wonders