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Hope does not disappoint
The very nice editor who took a second look at my book seemed to like it, but didn't think it would work for her publishing house. Which is a good news/bad news situation. The bad news is she's not publishing my book. The good news is she thinks a publishing house...
Christmas is Over–What's Next?
Today is Epiphany, the last day of the 12 days of Christmas. You thought it was just a song, right? The marketers have it all wrong, starting Christmas in November and ending it with huge sales on December 26. Christmas starts on the 25th and ends on January 6. Today...
Thinking Positive
In my reading about the publishing industry I've come across several folks who say you should NOT resubmit a book to an editor or agent who has already turned you down. MAYBE if the books is drastically different, but generally this seems to be frowned upon. I've...
2010 in review
The folks at WordPress.com provided the following stats for my first (partial) year of blogging: Crunchy numbers The Leaning Tower of Pisa has 296 steps to reach the top. This blog was viewed about 1,100 times in 2010. If those were steps, it would have climbed the...
Resolving . . .
Several years ago I resolved to stop making resolutions and I've done a really good job of keeping that one. But this year I'm making a new resolution. I resolve to strive to please no one by God. I have a habit (not uncommon) of trying to please lots of people. My...
Writing Update
I've dumped the prologue, beefed up the subplot, cut 10% of the manuscript and upped the conflict. The new, improved proposal and first three chapters are now sitting in another acquisition editor's in-box. I'd say my expectations are a touch more realistic this time....
Genesis Contest
As I'm fine tuning my book this week I'm also getting the first 15 pages ready to enter in the Genesis Contest hosted by American Christian Fiction Writers of which I am a member. Here's the promo for the contest: The Genesis Contest is the ACFW contest for...
The Subplot
Today I'm digging into mapping the story of Ella's best friend. She was named Elspeth, but now she's Ruth (I loved the name Gennie, but there's already a character named Ginny). Isn't "find and replace" just about the best function word processing has come up with...
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