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Posted on May 30, 2022 Leave a Comment
Are important to figure out early. So here I am drafting query letters and researching agents and it’s making me think harder about genre and audience than ever before. I write fantasy novels, but what about subgenre? Seeds of Power is mostly aligned with epic fantasy while Dreamcatcher is contemporary fantasy. There are romantic storylines […]
Posted on February 7, 2022 Leave a Comment
When you’re brave enough to make big changes. I did it. I tore into Dreamcatcher book #1 again and I am so excited! I love Lena and Matthew and enjoy spending time in this world. I wrote up a rough revised outline of the beginning and then dove right in. I pulled out my favorite […]
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 […]
Posted on January 10, 2022 Leave a Comment
2022 edition. Happy New Year! Fingers crossed most of these goals get accomplished this year… BONDS OF MAGIC series: Research agents/make list by end of February. Have a publishing friend review/edit my query letter draft by end of March. Compile SEEDS OF POWER beta round feedback and make final edits by end of April. (Ha! […]
Posted on December 27, 2021 Leave a Comment
And thanks for all the fish books. This year has been amazing. I stepped out into the digital world as a writer, made amazing connections, and read a ton of awesome books. Thanks authors, publishers, and PR folks for reaching out to me. I have truly enjoyed these opportunities to read and promote books that […]
Posted on December 13, 2021 Leave a Comment
Of my writing life. I skimmed through my blog posts this week and realized that my emotional journey has been a running theme here as well as writing tips and updates on my projects. In this post, I’m going to add some more emotions to my collection as I continue to reflect on 2021 and […]
Posted on November 15, 2021 Leave a Comment
Means you’re more likely to meet them. It can be difficult to know when to push yourself to meet a goal and when to adjust it. 2021 is winding down and I’m looking back on my year and doing a progress check. My main New Year’s resolution was to publicly step into the world as […]
Posted on October 4, 2021 2 Comments
And all the characters that went with it. The latest way that I cut dead weight out of my story was to separate my core plot from world-building details. I had scenes, whole chapters, and subplots that I didn’t like anymore and knew weren’t necessary, but I didn’t want to delete them because they revealed […]
Posted on September 6, 2021 Leave a Comment
The writer can play. I have a freshman in high school (that’s nuts) and a third grader that are both back in school. My trusty canine writing assistant and I now have the quiet and focus to edit. But we didn’t at first. I took two days to rest my mind and body after the […]
Posted on August 23, 2021 Leave a Comment
And thankfully a community endeavor as well. My writing group and early readers are awesome. When I am stuck on a project and can’t see a way through, I put it in their hands with questions typed up at the end and wait. And wait and wait. But as I mentioned in my post Appreciate […]
Beth Green 