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  • A tough decision-Making a Big Change in your Novel

    I’m here.  Crunch time.  My novel is pretty much done.  I love everything about it.  Now it is time to make those big decisions that I’ve been putting off. When I started writing this novel, Magellan was six years old.  I really loved the idea of a really young child being ripped away from his… Read more

  • Lesson Sixteen from a Manuscript Red Line: Cutting down your Point of View Characters

    For an intro into where these tips are coming from, please see my post: A Full Manuscript Rejection, or a Gold Mine?  You can also look at “Rant Worthy Topics” in my right navigation bar.  Choose “Gold Mine Manuscript” to see all the lessons to date. Lesson Fifteen discussed the necessity of cutting POV switching to a… Read more

  • Lesson Fifteen from a Manuscript Red Line: How Many POV’s Can You Have?

    For an intro into where these tips are coming from, please see my post: A Full Manuscript Rejection, or a Gold Mine?  You can also click “Rant Worthy Topics” in my right navigation bar.  Choose “Gold Mine Manuscript” to see all the lessons to date. At one point in the red-lining of the manuscript, the… Read more

  • Great Opportunity if your Manuscript is Finished… but it’s tomorrow! (Monday)

    Robin Weeks tuned me in to this great contest. “An Agent’s Inbox Contest” Unfortunately, I will not be giving her any competition, although I’d love to take a shot at this.  For those of you lucky enough to be working tomorrow, (Monday) this might be tough (My company’s security won’t even let me access the internet… Read more

  • Row 80 Check in 11-13-2011

    Here’s my update: 1.   Blog Posts:   Two regular blog posts completed (a Manuscript Red-line post, and a writer’s advice post from the Q&A session) 2.    Reverse-Nano goal:  My novel started at 119,479 words.  Now I am down to 114,713 3.    Inserted the new “Stuck in a Closet” beginning (Increased the word count Ugh.) 4.  Completely re-wrote my… Read more

  • Finish Your Story Already!

    At a recent NJ Author’s talk on “Getting Published” (Click here to read my post from that night), I got a great piece of advice from best-selling author Jonathan  Maberry. With all this NANO buzz going around, I am reading multiple blogs that say many of you are writing “really fast” just to get your word… Read more