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work in progress Wednesday
Thought I’d disappeared, didn’t you? Well…almost. My computer time remains precious and more limited than in the past, so revising the novel is my #1 priority. I also took a few days vacation and attended a conference in Buffalo – revising time suffered. But I wouldn’t trade that vacation or conference for anything. Let me…
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work in progress Wednesday…
Last week, I provided some background information on my current WIP. At least twice a month, I hope to post a brief update on my writing & revising process. Now to the nitty gritty details… TitleBattle Scars: Men of the Cross Current word count79,042 RevisionsMost writers trim and tighten their stories when they dive into…
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a writer’s conundrum…
I’m about to begin a cooling off period and it’s maddening! (This morning’s snow is appropriate, eh?) Battle Scars (pt. 3) went to my beta readers on Saturday. The writer in me wants to dive back into chapter 1 and start revisions. The writer in me also knows that it’s wise to set aside a…
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Thursday Walk on the Blog Side…
What a week! I’m trying to put this into perspective. Coming down off the high of my book cover reveal on Monday. Now I’m just plain nervous as hell. 🙂 It’s hard to concentrate. I’m working my way through revisions on the last 40-50 pages of Keeping the Family Peace. Getting ready to birth this…
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Thursday Walks & Family Peace teaser
Happy Thanksgiving! The leftovers have been put away and the house is quiet. Chatted with S#1 and texted with DD; talked about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness with S#2 – well, not really. He slept late, grabbed a bite to eat, jumped in his ’93 Dodge, and hit the road to visit his…
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Family Peace shipped to editors
It’s done. Keeping the Family Peace (FP) has been shipped off to my editors. Like the thistles in Graham’s photo, it may be a bit prickly, but you can see the broad landscape and this round of revisions is done. The nuking process went well. I think I’ve tightened up my writing quite a bit. I’m…
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Nuking the manuscript…
NOVEL REVISIONSI wrapped up round 1776 of revisions on my novel yesterday. Okay, I’m exaggerating. I don’t think the number of revisions is anywhere near that high, but when you’ve read, re-read, edited, trimmed, added, etc., so many times, it’s just one big blur. I addressed some of the concerns my 3 betas spotted. I…
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Ten things I learned while writing my novel
Anachronism – “the representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed.” http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/anachronism?s=t As I poured words into the first draft of my novel, I often made an educated guess – okay, sometimes I just made things up – about certain events or things…