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50 Ways to Edit Your WIP
From the Editor: When I signed my first contract in January and agreed to chop 30,000 plus words off my 55,000 word WIP, I knew what I was getting into. Well, sort of. I knew it would be painful to cut that many words. I knew scenes I loved would have to go and be…
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
A satire on two generations of Americans and the American dream (or, more accurately, dreams), Jonathan Franzen wrote a book that at times seems more case-study than novel. Because of this, for a good part of the book, the characters seem almost more caricature than individual. Of course, the big twist in the end is…
Divine Patience
“He has made everything beautiful in its time and that there is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under Heaven. “ Ecclesiastes 3:1,11 Recently one of my girlfriends informed me that God was placing “divine patience” in me, despite my resistance to receiving it. I’d been going through a tremendously hard time…
Follow Your Own Path
It’s hard not to compare ourselves with others. Even Christians have trouble with envy and jealousy and often wonder why one is more deserving of the other. “Why are they blessed financially while we struggle?” “Why did she get a contract before me while I’ve been trying longer?” “Why is my marriage a wreck when…
Summer Reading Picks: Pool Side Picks!
I’m up early. On a Saturday. My alarm went off at 6:30 when I set it for 8. So I thought I’d tackle the reviews of the growing stack on my desk. Almost a year’s worth. How it’s going to work: I don’t have time to for slow reads so I’m posting my favorite. Did…
Happy Birthday to my Nine Year Old Baby!
Okay, happy belated birthday…It’s been a week of two graduations (5th and 8th,) two birthday parties (9 and 11), and a whole lot of last week of school stuff I blocked from my mind. Not to mention my FIRST fiction contract deadline is looming, but I wanted to wish my “baby” a happy birthday. She…
Darkness Follows by Mike Dellosso
I remember discovering Mike Dellosso before he was published. Something about his blog “voice” was compelling, so I asked him to write for Writer…Interrupted and he accepted. From his first published book to Darkness Follows, I’ve been drawn into both the plot and characters of every book. Very rarely does a supernatural thriller deliver on…
A Lesson in Editing and a Disappearing Trick
I can’t believe it’s been five months since I signed my contract and attempted to cut 35,000 words off my WIP. I’ve painfully and faithfully cut 30,000 words and have the last 5,000 to go. Cutting any WIP down has been a challenge. First, I snipped the obvious. Overused words, expression, those darn passive verbs.…
Best Mother's Day Poem EVER
My daughter (9 next week) grew up watching her mom at the computer. I’d often hear “you’re always on your ‘puter” come from her as she wiggled up on my lap as I typed at the keyboard. That’s when I really started to take a look at how I could manage my dreams with my…
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