It’s a GORGEOUS Monday morning in my neck of the woods, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. Twelve years ago today, it was my wedding day. In eight short hours, I will have been married to my best friend for a dozen years. Five cats, two dogs and three kids later, we…
Wow! Where has the month gone? The day that I published that last post, we suffered a devastating loss in the family. Life may go on, but nobody is over the loss of that charismatic, devoted, funny, endlessly kind and loving soul yet. She was a cat-lover and wicked good editor. She would have loved…
I’d love to say I’m making great progress on my current WIP. In my head, it’s pretty epic. On paper (or the computer), it’s stalled. Funny thing about writing with a toddler and baby in the house. Most of the time, my writing happens in my head. When I do get to the computer, I…
This is where I have been, and where I continue to live…editing and re-writing. And editing and re-writing. And editing and ruminating about how to re-write some more. #thestruggleisreal when it comes to hacking apart something you wrote with your heart! One day, the next draft will be done. Until then, I’m reading the next chapter…
Don’t be the person in the middle! 🙂 Also…asking a writer “when are you going to be published” or “how come you aren’t a best seller yet” are sure-fire ways to get the stink eye. Perhaps a right hook. 😉 I got started again editing and then put it down. It’s hard to pick it…
This week I’m pleased to have dusted off my writer and editor hats and have worn them both! Not for my novel-length WIP, though. I participated in a one-hour challenge with my writing group and came up with a story that needs some finesse and a better ending. In general the feedback it received is it…
It’s a LATE #WriterMemeMonday post, but here it is! There’s a lot to juggle these days with Baby Boy in the house… So if there’s someone out there who would like to make my edits and draft the manuscript that’s unfolding in my head…. Please send them my way! 😉 *** How about you? What’s…
I don’t know if I feel accomplished or annoyed… I managed to get closer to my usual routine for writing, blogging and posting! And yet the darn short story I wanted to write, the one that is running around in my brain, under development, has not yet made it onto the page. Some days you…
The editing of the book continues! Quick recap: It came back from the editor several weeks back, right before I pitched it to an agent at a writing conference. The agent asked for chapters, knowing I had gotten it back from an editor and had work to do on it before it was submission ready. Then…
Well, I don’t actually know my final word count, but I passed my goal (15k) last week on Monday. Yay! AND I did it without becoming a crazed, word-anti-smithing fool, hauled off by the NaNo Emergency Squad (or shipped off by hubby)! My bigger goal, establishing a daily habit of at least 500 words, is…
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