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Posted on July 10, 2023 Leave a Comment
Despite summer distractions! I’m writing new scenes for a book I actually want to publish someday instead of just random things. I’m so happy to be productive again. While youngling was at morning nature camp, I got a little me time in and opened up Red Hour. I started from the beginning, making minor edits, […]
Posted on June 26, 2023 Leave a Comment
At my second year of book reviewing. It’s been two years now since I joined NetGalley and BookishFirst, and began to receive ARCs from social media connections. Looking back, here are some thoughts now that I don’t feel like such a newb! Bookstagramming (is that verb? it should be!) and getting book mail is still […]
Posted on March 20, 2023 Leave a Comment
If I’m asking, the answer is likely YES! My writers’ group is still beta reading the last several chapters of Land of Monsters. After I finished my edits last month, there was still a section toward the end I wasn’t completely happy with. So there I was, preparing the next chapter for submission and writing […]
Posted on January 23, 2023 Leave a Comment
Can be tricky. I’ve read the writing advice: it’s important to read books in the genre you write in (and outside of it). Of course you grow through actually writing and engaging in peer review, but you can also grow by diving into the work of other writers. The imagination of others can spark new […]
Posted on January 9, 2023 Leave a Comment
2023 edition. Happy New Year! Fingers crossed most of these goals get accomplished this year… Bonds of Magic series: Dreamcatcher series: Red Hour: Other: Wish me luck in 2023!
Posted on November 14, 2022 Leave a Comment
If there is a good reason. During the past couple of weeks, I put a clean copy of Seeds of Power to the side and vowed not to open it again. I edited my query letter and my synopsis, but both need a little more work before I am ready to move forward. I decided […]
Posted on June 13, 2022 Leave a Comment
I wrote a short story. One of my goals this year was to try to write shorter fiction so that I could post a story to my website as a sample of my writing and a way to engage. Or so that I could submit to writing contests or SFF magazines. Writing short fiction is […]
Posted on April 4, 2022 Leave a Comment
I’m kind of on track! What I’ve done during the first three months of the year: BONDS OF MAGIC series: I did my last round of edits on SEEDS OF POWER! I’m consistently submitting LAND OF MONSTERS (the fully drafted sequel to SoP) to my writing group. I’m late but actively working on my agent […]
Posted on February 21, 2022 1 Comment
With honesty and kindness. During this past year, I have privately and publicly reviewed more books than in all the years of my life combined. (And readers/writers have privately reviewed my books!) I’m not an expert, but here is my philosophy/approach to positive and honest reviewing based on my experiences. Early/Beta feedback for a writer: […]
Posted on January 24, 2022 Leave a Comment
Is a good/bad sandwich. I have gushed repeatedly about my amazing beta readers—and they are wonderful—but there’s a flip side to critique. My emotions are not limited to the very real gratitude that I feel and the excitement to make changes. Most creative people would agree that critique is hard. Putting forward our work is […]
Beth Green 