Genre-Crossing and The Edge of Memory

I have struggled a bit with developing the pitch for my novel, since it doesn’t fit easily into a single category. I had lunch with an English teacher friend who’s just finished reading and asked her what she thought about genres. “Well, it’s sort of a romantic, psychological thriller,” she said. “With paranormal elements.” She [...]

Well, after much (much!) painful deliberation…

and much nagging of test readers and even folks who have not read my book, there seems to have emerged a preference among the recent title front-runners. So, I should begin querying in earnest soon. I sent off a couple of e-queries last week under my previous title of “Still Haunted” also, so we’ll see [...]

Title Talk, Again, Again

Well, no worries, Clara. My romance with “Tied to the Tracks” turned out to be a one-night stand. I’ve got a few other new options. A long list anyway. My husband’s current favorite is: Forgotten, Not Forgiven We’ll see if I hate myself in the morning.

Title Talk, Again.

Well, still not satisfied with my working title, I am now in deep smit with a new alternative. Tied to the Tracks Whatcha think?

If you were looking for jugglers, I’d have been a juggler.

Well, I am dangerously close to trying to query. I’ve picked out 5 agents to start with. I’ve researched them and composed letters for each one. But I still struggle with what to call my book. I honestly think it could be marketed in a number of different ways, and I’m not sure which is [...]

Yee-frickin’-Ha!

After an inordinate amount of stalling, I have finally made the changes to Chapter 19. That was the editing I was dreading the most. Hopefully, the rest will go quickly now! In other news, another new edition of toying with titles:

More Playing Around

I’m so stalling. It’s not even funny. I’ve had all day where I could have edited Chapters 18 and 19 (apart from a brief skirmish with work), but instead I’ve touched up other chapters, done global word searches, researched agents– done everything BUT edit the next two chapters. Chapter 19 will be the biggest edit [...]

After a fashion…

Editing is weird. I’ve been doing a lot of it lately. I’ve heavily revised the language and descriptions through the first 17 chapters now (almost halfway through the book). You write something and, at the time, it seems pretty good. You go back later and it’s like looking at your prom photo. “Really? I thought [...]

Keepin’ on Keepin’ on

So a few little things to report. First of all, I’ve joined a critiquing website that was recommended by someone I did NaNoWriMo with a couple of months ago. And I have my first chapter up for review this week. I already have had 4 lovely reviews written– the most so far of anyone else [...]

Reorganized!

You might have noticed I regrouped a bit. The test reader pages are now lumped together on one tab, and all the book-related pages are linked from one tab also. There is also a discussion page for title options, since some folks have suggested I change it. Happy New Year, everyone!