Posted in What I've Learned, novel, tagged agents, contests, editing, jubilation, novel, publishing, The Edge of Memory on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Many big kudos to both Authoress on the Miss Snark’s First Victim blog, and to the amazing Secret Agent Holly Root at the Waxman Agency.
This was a rocking contest in so many ways. Ms. Root invested a lot of time to give thoughtful feedback on each entry to the Are You Hooked? contest. [...]
Posted in What I've Learned, novel, tagged agents, conferences, jubilation, novel, pitching, publishing, queries, The Edge of Memory on April 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Kristin Nelson rocks. Seriously.
I attended her workshop on Query Pitch Blurbs at the Chicago-North RWA Spring Fling. Using her suggestions, I crafted a query letter and sent out an equery on Monday night.
Tuesday afternoon, I got a request for a partial.
She has been blogging on the same topic. Well [...]
Posted in What I've Learned, novel, tagged agents, conferences, genres, jubilation, novel, pitching, publishing, queries, The Edge of Memory, wordcounts on April 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, I’m back to my regularly scheduled doctorhood today.
I got in late last night and I’m working a 24+ hour shift today. So I didn’t have a chance to finish blogging about the conference.
Wow. What a crazy, wonderful experience that was!
Saturday, I drove in early for more workshops. I had a great session [...]
Posted in novel, tagged chitties, editing, gratitude, jubilation, novel, test readers, writing on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, not directly.
But the results of editing make me cry.
I finished my most recent edits and sent the manuscript out to a fresh set of test readers. One reader, after finishing in 24-hours, sent me an email this morning that had me in tears.
DONE!!!
Bravo!!! BRAVO!!!! It’s beautifully written… I laughed, I cried. I was [...]
Posted in novel, tagged editing, jubilation, queries, rewriting on February 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Well, I’ve finished my second run of editing up through Chapter 30, which concludes Part II of my novel.
The third act is now all that stands between me and the next phase. I am so excited to hold a copy in my hands. I’m determined to order my personal copy by February 29th.
The [...]
Posted in novel, tagged editing, jubilation on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Yippee! Finished my major edit through a few moments ago!
I need to go back through now and make a few more small changes, add some descriptions I glossed over, and try a couple of suggestions to see if I like how they turn out, but the major edit is DONE!!
I am so excited to [...]
Posted in novel, tagged critique circle, editing, jubilation, queries, test readers on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Editing away. There are now three chapters yet to be edited.
I definitely have some reworking to do in these last chapters, though. Polishing for the ending.
Then it will be back through again for touch-ups and more descriptions. A very helpful writing buddy gave me a great suggestion for an extended scene, [...]
Posted in novel, tagged critique circle, editing, jubilation, plans, test readers on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Editing is in full swing. I critique for my buddies and they critique for me.
I’m now through 25 chapters for my major edit. 15 left to go.
I’ve updated the status of my editing plan.
I’ve cut about 4500 words so far (well, I’ve cut a lot more than that, but I’ve added stuff in, [...]
