First Draft Myths
Over the holidays, I finished up the first draft of my newest story, and realized when I was done that people tend to have misconceptions about those preliminary versions. There’s a lot of expectations and assumptions that readers and authors can sometimes feel as they read a work in progress. I thought it might be […]
Musings on Betas and CPs
This is going to be a bit of a gushy blog post. Mostly because I feel like everyone should gush about their betas and critique partners. There’s so much that they do to help build up your manuscript to its best level that they deserve endless praise. For those that don’t know, a beta reader […]
NaNoWriMo WrapUp
As the National Novel Writing Month closes, I thought I’d fill you in on my progress. I managed to write what I call a test draft for this novel in sixteen days, so I spent the whole month of November, and a tad of October, running through making edits and revisions based on how I […]
Trick Or Treat?
Writing is a scary business. If you’re not terrified of the idea of writing a story, having others read it and then trying to get it published, you must be a zombie. When you really think about it, the act of writing is like year-round Halloween. It’s also like the Olympics, but that’s another post […]
Pitch Wars Mentee 2014
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