Manuscript update: Started my new final round of revision yesterday. The last round was the make-every-word-great round, after going through plot and scene revision rounds earlier. So this is the polish, the I-want-to-make-sure-every-word-is-still-great-and-I-didn’t-type-something-weird-last-time round. I’m excited, and plan to be finished in a week or so. Fingers crossed. With the economy the way it is…
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Today on Day By Day Writer, I’m delighted to host a guest post from Linda Joy Myers, author of The Power of Memoir–How to Write Your Healing Story. Before we get to Linda’s post, a quick reminder that today is the last day to enter the contest for a copy of Bonnie Hearns Hill’s young…
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I was thrilled this morning to discover that fellow blogger Beverley BevenFlores had given me the One Lovely Blog award. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! I enjoy writing this blog for so many reasons, but mostly for having conversations with others. The blog keeps me accountable to my writing, and helps me share what…
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After my vow to stop whining and start doing yesterday, I finished my taxes (even though I did do some more whining about having to do them. 🙂 ) So, I’m so excited today to be back on writing. This afternoon, I plan to work on my query letter. Exciting! But I digress. I’m catching…
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I just read a great post on Elana Johnson‘s blog: Stop the Violins. In honor of this bumper sticker Elana saw, she is vowing to stop whining. I think this is awesome, and I vow to do the same. For the past week, I’ve been caught up with lots of other projects — including my…
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Catching up on some of my blog reading today, I found a great YouTube video (I can’t display it on here, but check it out at Beth Revis’ Writing It Out blog, it’s worth it) with Looking For Alaska author John Green telling us what NaNoWriMo does: teaches us discipline because you need that if…
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On a Yahoo group I’m a member of, someone asked about advice on the ending of their book and said they were thinking of moving away from one particular direction because in the current political climate, no one will want to read a book like that. I thought it was a good reminder to me…
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A big thank you to all librarians. Not only do they introduce books to kids, making readers, they are so helpful to writers too. Thank you! Successful writers agree that one of the best ways to learn how to write better is to read, so I’ve been reading the bestsellers in the genre I write.…
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A friend of mine quoted Woody Allen to me recently: “Eighty percent of success is showing up.” And I think it’s a perfect quote to inspire writers. There’s another statistic that only a small percentage of the writers who start writing a novel finish it, and even fewer revise it, and even fewer polish it…
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Revision update: Done! Yes, I did make my goal of finishing my novel revision by the end of February. Yay! My husband played videogames with a friend on Saturday night, so I took the opportunity to do three chapters, then I got up early on Sunday to finish the book. Now, the big question is,…
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