Category Archive: Novel

Jun
22
2010

Gone!

  OMG, cyber people! OMG!! **Take two deep breaths…** …I just sent out my very first query for my novel! Yikes! I can’t stop using exclamation points!!! I can’t remember the last time I’ve been this nervous. Whew. It feels really great and intensely scary to have sent out my first query. I’m sure it …

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Jun
20
2010

Going, Going…

It’s been a couple of weeks since I finished my manuscript. I thought I would have sent out queries by now, but alas, the query letter continues to sit in the safety of my laptop. It’s not that I don’t want to send it out, because I definitely do. It’s just taking me longer than …

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Jun
13
2010

After The Story Ends

After the story ends, you’re left with a pile of editing and formatting. Woohoo! It’s fun; I promise.  You simply have to harness your inner editor, a shiny new red pen, and a stack of manuscript pages an inch or two thick…then let the magic happen. If you’re new to fiction writing like I am, …

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Jun
13
2010

Another First, Joining the RWA

This weekend, I had another first.  I joined the Romance Writers of America and went to my first meeting of my local chapter. (I would prefer it if my local chapter could remain a mystery, thanks!) I was nervous to go, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I have to say the experience was …

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Jun
01
2010

My First Writer’s Group

On Sunday afternoon I joined a new writer friend at a Panera Bread near my house.  She regularly meets with a few other local writers weekly as an informal writing group.  The women write all different genres including young adult, fantasy, mystery, romance, and even erotica.  I’m so glad I had a chance to meet …

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