Tag Archive: Editing

Jul
18
2010

Critiques and the Creative Process

  Critiques are a mandatory part of the creative process. There’s just no two ways about it. If you want to get better at what you do, you have to learn from what you’ve done wrong. It’s simple, right? Except when that means putting yourself – or your work, as the case may be – …

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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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