Some of you already know that my husband and I are in the process of buying a house. Since August, I’ve browsed real estate and researched our options. When we finally found a house to make an offer on, the work didn’t end. Now we’re dealing with the appraisal and home inspection. My website has [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Writing is to Moving …
Posted in Writing, tagged moving on September 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Link ‘N Run
Posted in Conferences, tagged Editing, Links on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow I’m leaving town for a couple days, so I better post something before I go! If you’re not interested in links, please skip to below—I have a question for you! Rachelle Gardner talks about the difference between a theme and the story and chasing your dreams. I especially liked this excerpt from Rachelle: ”Whatever [...]
Critique #3
Posted in Editing, tagged adverbs, critiques, ellipses on September 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you’re new to this critiquing business, check out Critiques #1 and #2. If you’re not new, perhaps you’re wondering why I keep posting critiques. Several reasons why: 1) Generous people keep offering me excerpts—thank you! 2) I haven’t received any questions to blog about, so I’m working with what I do have—critiques! 3) critiquing [...]
Lots of Late Links
Posted in Editing, Marketing, Writing, tagged Links on September 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I haven’t shared links in so long, and my crowded inbox is driving me crazy. I hope at least one of these links proves useful to you … Nathan Bransford’s “Will Authors of the Future Need Publishers?” The possible future of newspapers and magazines. The nuts and bolts of how a book gets published. Rachelle [...]
Critique #2
Posted in Editing, tagged adverbs, critiques, punctuation, show-not-tell on September 9, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I’m very sorry about another delay in posting. Between family, traveling, and house-shopping, it’s all I can do to check my email (and that doesn’t include replying to emails). I promise, one of these days I will catch up and return to a schedule. I just don’t know if that day will come anytime soon. [...]