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Monday Writing Update
This week: Pages written = 9 Total pages = 90 When I log into my blog there's a "Blog Stats" link that let's me see how many visitors I've had each day. In these early stages getting more than 10 is pretty great (thanks mom!). Earlier this week I had 78 visits in one...
Unexpected Detours
I had a flat tire yesterday. And, of course, I was on a four-lane highway traveling about 60 when the car began pulling strongly to the left and I got a funny sinking feeling on that side. I pulled off, peeked out and sure enough the left front tire was flat, flat,...
Just Try It
I finished the second of two books I didn't think I'd like yesterday. And I liked them both. "North River" by Pete Hamill is about a doctor in Depression-era New York who comes home one day to find his daughter has abandoned her child on his doorstep. The doctor is...
Welcome Fall
On August 21 I wrote about waiting for fall to arrive. Well today it's here! Of course, we're having a streak of warm weather, highs in the mid 80s and we did turn the air conditioner back on last night so we could sleep, but nonetheless . . . Something I waited for...
Editorial Help
I just sent the first chapter of my novel to an editor in Tennessee. She has great credentials and has been very nice via e-mail. It'll probably by October before she reads my work and provides feedback. In the meantime I need to not think about what she might say and...
A Little Help
So I've been shopping for editors--someone to read my first chapter or so and give me feedback. I'm looking for enough input to give me some ideas for how to improve the novel as a whole. I don't want anyone to rewrite it or to give so much input that it's a...
Christmas in September
This weekend I'm preparing the children's Christmas program for church. I don't help much with VBS or other children's activities during the year, but I make up for it by coordinating the Christmas program. In past years I've written a short play, but this year I...
Strike Two
And so I have heard from the second editor. She really enjoyed meeting me, but my book isn't right for her house. She wished me luck in placing it. Sigh. The second rejection surprised me by being easier than the first. I thought it would be harder. I also thought...
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