WIP
Heart Transplant and Back Surgery
No, not me or even a friend or family member…MY WIP! I lost count as to how many HEARTs and BACKs are in my WIP. Between my the heart lurching, and jumping into throats and thudding against her ribs it’s no wonder my WIP had a BACK problem as well. As in BACK THEN, instead…
WIPping it!
I’ve been stuck on editing the last 3o pages of my WIP for weeks. I was in the midst of the black moment and I ran out of steam. My words seemed dry and dull on the page when it was supposed to be one of the most exciting parts in the book. So I…
How Far Would You Go?
I’m very squeamish when it comes to knives and blood. I especially don’t like those graphic images CSI is so famous for. So why in the world would I subject myself to viewing an autopsy on You Tube? Only for research! Through finger-blocked vision, I watched the first, second and third incision, noting the visceral…
A Writing Riddle!?!
Friday night I locked myself in a local hotel to edit the last 100 pages of my WIP. I started by rereading and doing edits on the last couple of chapters. I worked nonstop, staying on the computer past midnight, with only an hour break on Saturday afternoon to watch an archaeology excavation on the…
Under Attack?
Things have been slow going on the writing front. It seems that now that my kids are in school I have less time to write. I used to hire a babysitter to come and I’d have her do the laundry while I wrote for a couple of hours a week. No babysitter, no writing, endless…
ACFW: Thursday Late Night Chat
I had already signed up for the Agent Panel late night chat. I had already had my one sheet. I already email the moderator of the late night chat telling him I was going to submit it to the panel. When I walked into the packed room, I already had second thoughts. It was after…
The Evolution of Chapter One
Just when I thought I was finished with chapter one. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better. Just when I thought I had finally finished a draft worthy of submission, I get Margie Lawson’s Deep Editing Lectures in my Inbox. She taught an amazing early bird session at ACFW and my head is…
A Camping We Will Go
I’m not excited about it, but my family is. So we’re heading off for the wilderness in our comfy pop-up camper. I never said I was going to rough it. We’re meeting friends for the first day and then we’re on our own. Tomorrow night we have to run back home (1 hour away) for…
I’m Driving Myself INSANE!!!
I’m on a vicious cycle right now, writing and rewriting my first couple of chapters. After getting my critiques back from the Genesis contest in the Spring, I went to work, perfecting and cleaning up my writing. Then I got busy writing the synopsis and proposal for the ACFW conference. When I finally returned to…
My Debut Novel
I want my first published novel to be amazing. Something worthy of one of those medals they put on the front of the really good books. I don’t want it to be something I cranked out that fits into a publishable mold. Reality check! If that’s the case I’ll probably be fifty before I’m published!…