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!
Read MoreContradictory 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 contest scores (from 94 to 59). So who is “right?” Who should I really listen to?
That, my friend, is the right question. Is there a right answer?
Read MoreBlogging pause…
As an update – I’m swamped with some work things right now, so I will be blogging again regularly next week. Thanks!
Read MoreCongrats 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!
A one-sentence pitch is often the most important and most difficult part of selling a manuscript. It must be concise but convey the important parts of the entire novel. Try to cut 80,000 words into 25. It’s tough.
These are just more pieces in the novel writing process! Again, congrats!
Read MoreCaution: 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 several weeks of thinking, musing, planning, re-planning, re-working and tweaking the novel in my head over and over, I have come up with several important changes to my manuscript and possibly my career.
Truth Unbecoming, the novel I wrote during National Novel Writing Month this past November, is soon to be re-titled and cast into a new genre of Historical fiction. There are also many new plot changes and additions and I’m excited to see the novel journey in this direction.
At first, it was a bit disparaging to hear so much criticism, but as I’ve always said, I love red ink and love to learn from it. So off I go to grow and mold the manuscript into something stronger. From there, it’s getting it all ready for the Summer Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference.
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