A February 3, 2012 blog post by Sharon K. Souza of Novel Matters caught my attention. Souza said, “I tend to write novels with just a handful of characters, and only a few plot lines. I’m always impressed with complex novels and wish I could pull off that kind of writing, but my story worlds […]
Archives for 2012
Writing Lesson 3.30 – THAT Doesn’t Matter
April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When it comes to prose, some things matter. THAT often doesn’t. For the past couple months I’ve been working on story rewrites. Thanks to a terrific editor, my novel The Black Rose should be all cleaned up and ready for release from Desert Breeze Publishing in July. It’s amazing no matter how many times I […]
Writing Lesson 3.29 – Will an Agent Want You?
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In the current publishing climate it’s very hard to find an agent or a publisher who will represent you. In a blog from Books and Such on Feb 28, 2012 Rachel Kent made an interesting statement we should all heed. I’m focusing on one item from her list. Rachel states, “Today I’m going to cover […]
Writing Lesson 3.28_A Writer’s Biggest Job
March 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A few days ago someone on Facebook said, “Write to be pleasing, but never to please.” I could sort of go with that in the sense that we shouldn’t form our words only to give people what they want to hear. But how does one write to be pleasing? I’ve also heard two other seemingly […]
Writing Lesson 3.27_Am I a Writer?
March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ever wonder when you’ve really become a writer? If you’re a young person still in school, you might be saying to people, “I want to become a writer when I grow up.” If you’re a little bit older and you’re working your way toward publication, you might tell them, “I like to write, and I […]
