Happy Friday! I’ve finished my in-depth edits of my latest manuscript and am now turning onto the other “fun” stuff like the synopsis, etc. I’m also looking at some website redesign/overhauling and re-branding. My question for you readers is — What do you want to see on my blog and on my website? More research notes? Less? More about my writing? More book reviews? Leave a comment with your suggestions please! Thank you for reading my blog – I really appreciate you!
A glimpse at my edits
Best Blogs of the Day
I had to post some links to some amazing blogs you should be following: First, my agent, Wendy Lawton, is writing a great series this week about the inside track to getting an agent. Today’s post was an excellent explanation of commercial fiction and what she’s looking for. On the e-book front, Michael Hyatt posted trends to watch for in 2011. I think it’s important to stay atop publishing trends, and ready or not, e-books is the biggest trend out there. Agent Rachelle Gardner also touched on the topic of commercial fiction and brings up some excellent points about the CBA market in her post today, “What’s with all the...
WIP Update
I’m hard at work with my revisions to my NaNoWriMo novel, Lillie Among Thorns. After I finished my rough draft, I printed it all out (whew, lots of paper!) and went through with my best friend, the red pen. After I finished, I definitely had something missing. It took a few weeks of doing other things—general research, reading (a lot of reading), journaling—before I realized what it was that was missing. So, I was able to dive back in, rewrite, re-research and here I am! I’m plugging away – I’m not even halfway though and have set a tight personal deadline, but I’m hopeful. On a side note, thank you...