Revision update: I’ve done entering all my corrections for the crucial first eight chapters. Next is the big test: Read it all and see if the edits I’ve made work. Fingers crossed. If you read my post a few weeks about about Andrea Brown literary agent Mary Kole‘s query contest, you’ve probably been following her…
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Revision update: It’s coming along. I’m still working on the first eight chapters, where I split one chapter into two, and cut down the others a LOT. I still have some research to finish up that could mean I’ll be making changes, but I feel like I’m making some progress, although small steps. Would still…
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I didn’t get too much done on my revision today, but I think I got some important sticky points figured out in my head. We’ll see if they work on paper. Fingers crossed. Even though I’m still revising my second novel, a third novel has been playing around in my head lately. The main character…
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More busy days with my day-job, so I’m sorry these blog posts are coming slowly. But not it’s Friday night, work is over for the week, laundry is folded — almost — and I’m sitting in front of Becoming Jane, laptop on my lap and glass of wine by my side. Ahhh Here’s number two…
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I’m behind on my blogging about the North Texas SCBWI conference from this past Saturday. But I have lots of good stuff to tell you about. Today, I’m starting with first lines. Editor Lisa Yoskowitz, with Penguin’s Dutton Children’s Books imprint, began her presentation by showing a number of first lines from classic books. These…
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Done today: More of Chapter 2 Revision remaining: 162 pages Daily pages needed to be finished by end of November: 3.6 I had a mini break-through this morning when I was working on my revision. Yesterday, I had started editing chapter two, but got stuck on one paragraph that I liked but knew it didn’t fit where it was. I…
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Done today: preparing Revision remaining: 169 pages (entire book) Daily pages needed to be finished by end of November: 3.4 My revision is still getting off to a slow start, but I finished the preparation Holly Lisle suggests in her One-Pass Manuscript Revision, so tomorrow I should begin going through pages. I’ll let you know how it comes along.…
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Done today: nothing so far Revision remaining: 46,313 words (entire book) Daily words needed to be finished by end of November: 908 I’ve been feeling very unmotivated lately since our dog passed away, and I’m trying to snap out of it. But I’ve pretty much done nothing on my revision since I last posted on Day By Day…
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Some quick fun laughs today for children’s book authors. Jerry Seltzer offers an inspired comic strip just for us: Tori Stellar: Children’s Book Author. I love the fourth one down with the children’s fan letter. Hilarious. Also, on cute and funny things, I posted a picture of my Newtie into yesterday’s post. I miss him terribly, but he’s…
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Sorry that I’ve been absent from this blog for most of this week. I’ve been absent from most things. My husband and I had a loss Wednesday morning when our dog passed away. It was quick, which was a good thing, but it was a terrible shock for us. My husband and I don’t have children yet,…
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