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A Letter to An Author Friend on Her Debut
Dear Sara B. Larson, I really loved your debut novel, DEFY! I’m excited you’ve stepped into the world of the Published Author — a world I’m sure you’ve noticed by now is quite different for everyone....
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Is Critiquing a Friend’s Novel a Bad Idea?
I am lucky enough to have met Holli Moncrieff a few years ago online. I have yet to meet her in person, but I do hope one day I get the pleasure of doing just that because she is one of the most...
View ArticleMy 10 Guidelines to Staying Sane as a (Published) Writer
1. Even if you take a break from writing, don’t actually stop writing. Always try to keep something creative boiling on the back burner of your mind. Feeling consistently productive is usually the...
View ArticleWhat Feedback Means for a Writer
I just received two very nice, very helpful emails from some beta readers for Scales. They contained some great compliments and some suggestions for improvement according to their viewpoint. They were...
View ArticleWhen People Love You and Not Your Book, Which is More Often Than You Might Think
I’ve run across an interesting thing that happens to artists. I’m married to an actor so I know this isn’t only related to writers, of course. He does a lot of Shakespeare, which I’ll admit, I used to...
View ArticleHow Do You Find a Beta Reader?
I’ve had a lot of people asking me about beta readers lately, so here are my thoughts. When I first heard the term beta reader, all I could think about was my beta fish in college. I had that fish for...
View ArticleYou Don’t Know What You’re Talking About! Reading & Critiquing In Layers
Ah, more layers. I did a post awhile ago about Working In Layers. And now I’m expanding to talk about Reading & Critiquing In Layers. What Is Layering? As explained in my earlier post, think of...
View ArticleIsuckitis
Does that look familiar? I hope not. But it’s familiar to me. We have a word in my writing group called isuckitis. I think every writer experiences this. What is it? A condition. A sickness. A mood. It...
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