Definitely more work than I thought
Got my critique back this afternoon, and I was right: The manuscript definitely needs some help. I’m not going to lie: It was a bit unnerving to see all that “red ink&#
Excited for my meeting
The next meeting of my RWA chapter, Northern Arizona Romance Writers of America, is on Saturday, and I can’t wait. We’re going to have a guest speaker, Linda Style, tal
I won!
No, I didn’t win the Golden Heart … Technically, I haven’t even submitted yet, although my check is in the mail to reserve my spot. I did, however, win a critique
Now I’m committed
This time, the check for the Golden Heart contest really is in the mail. I dropped it in the mailbox this afternoon. As I told the Boyfriend, that means I’m really committed.
More work than I thought
Whipping my first manuscript into shape for the Golden Heart contest is turning out to be more work than I thought it’d be. I thought it’d be easier to do a little edit
The check is (almost) in the mail
Well, I did it: I wrote out a check for the $50 entry fee for the Golden Heart contest. There’s no turning back now! I’ve been trying to figure out how to make my hero,
Know your characters
Reading an article in a recent issue of Romance Writers Report got me thinking about the characters in the story I’ve been editing: Do I know my heroine as well as I know mys
Derailed or disheartened?
I just might be a little bit of both tonight. In the past two days, I’ve only done the bare minimum: Read through a couple of chapters, trying to edit and polish them yet aga
Change is afoot
… Or maybe not. Thanks to an impromptu write-in at Starbucks this morning, I had my work done early today. And that left time for not one but two walks before I headed to my
Making progress
I spent some more time editing my Golden Heart entry today. The good news is that the pages I plan to submit, including the synopsis, total exactly 55, the required amount. The bad