Starlog

  • Lesson Fourteen from a Manuscript Red Line: Keeping inside the Point Of View, Part 2

    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 under “Rant Worthy Topics” in my right navigation bar.  Choose “Gold Mine Manuscript” to see all the lessons to date. Lesson Thirteen talked about making sure we only see what… Read more

  • Row 80 Check-in 11-06-11

    I really don’t feel accomplished this week as far as writing goes.  There was just too much going on.  Soccer season is winding down, but Dog Training is starting, and my two youngest sons signed up for Wrestling…. There goes three hours on Tuesday, Three hours on Thursday, and an hour and a half on… Read more

  • Lesson Thirteen from a Manuscript Red Line: Keeping inside the Point Of View, Part 1

    For an intro into where these tips are coming from, please see my post: A Full Manuscript Rejection, or a Gold Mine?  You can look under “Rant Worthy Topics” in my right navigation bar.  Choose “Gold Mine Manuscript” to see all the lessons to date. I used to slip out of my POV all the… Read more

  • Meeting Six Accomplished Authors, and ROW80 check in

    ROW80:  So far I’ve cut 1,500 words out of the first 200 pages of my novel.  I wish it could have been more.  There is one section that I “might have been able to cut” but it shows great characterization of the King and his relationship to  Magellan.  It might not make it into the… Read more

  • ROW80 check in 10-30-2011

    Here were my goals and stats for this week: 1:  Decide on the beginning on my novel Thanks everyone who took the poll.  Results were 77% for Stuck in a closet, and 23% for fruit throwing.  This actually made me feel good, because I was leaning toward “Stuck”.  I am going to review all the… Read more

  • Lesson Twelve from the Gold Mine Manuscript Red Line: How Are Your Characters Feeling Today?

    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. “Magellan walked back from the library slowly, feeling exhausted from… Read more