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News and announcements
First off, I'd like to announce that my wonderful critique partner, Heidi, has started up a blog with a very interesting story - how her training for a marathon is like writing a novel. 🙂 Check it out at: http://heidichiavaroli.blogspot.com As a side note- here are...
Christy Awards
Congrats to everyone who received a Christy Award or nomination. Special congrats to Jill Williamson who is a member of my writing group and a true gem of a person! Also, the talented Christina Berry was nominated for the first novel category and is truly a winner in...
Ch-ch-changes…part 2
Revisions - do they ever truly end? Most writing is never truly "finished." In fact, there are many writers who never read their novels once they are published. Just as I'm preparing for the summer conference and making the final tweaks to my manuscript, lightning...
Review: Love on a Dime
Summary:
Turn of the century novelist Lilly Westbrook learns that being faithful to her calling means more than just putting pen to paper. It's the summer of 1899 in Newport, Rhode Island, and Lilly Westbrook is struggling to conceal her career from family and friends...
Manage the blogs you follow…
Follow a dozen blogs all in one spot! No flipping from page to page: Google Reader. This may have been around for a while, but I'm slow on the technological updates. I highly recommend this! It has already made my life easier and it is accessible from any computer...
Breathtaking photos
Randomly stumbled upon this blog and all I can say is...wow. This blog highlights the best of black and white photography, which is a passion of mine. Enjoy!
Contradictory Feedback
I can't help but re-direct you to this amazing post about contradictory feedback by Rachelle Gardner. It is something all writers deal with and is something most readers might not realize that we have to battle. In my own experience, I've gotten a full spectrum of...
Blogging pause…
As an update - I'm swamped with some work things right now, so I will be blogging again regularly next week. Thanks!
Congrats to…
Congratulations to fellow ACFW/OCW member, Jill Williamson. for her one-sentence pitch winning in literary agent Rachelle Gardner's contest - see full post here. Also, one of my fellow critique partners was an honorable mention! I'm so proud - out of 500 submissions!...
Caution: Changes Ahead
Nothing is for certain. Except uncertainty. The same is true for the creative process of writing. In the past few weeks, I've received some reader feedback, critique group feedback and contest judge feedback. That's a lot of feedback to take in all at once. So, after...