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PSA from an Acquisitions Editor
As the acquisitions editor at Inklings Publishing, my job is to read the submissions box in search of the next book to publish. Yes, I suppose, you could call me…
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2018 Dragon Con Writers Meet Up
Come one, come all to our third annual Dragon Con Writers Meet Up. Who: All writers and those who are writer adjacent (cough, my husband, cough, and any other family…
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Newsletter Conundrum
I'm almost done with book two, TARBIN'S FALSE PROPHET. If I would quit adding chapters, I'd already be finished. I need a better outline next time. The cover is in…
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Dragon Con Writers Meet and Greet
Remember how I preach to find your community? I've done it here and here. It's darn near impossible to be successful in the writing business without a support group. Yes,…
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2017, I await
For a construct created by human minds at a random location in our orbit around the sun, there is something magical about a new year. Hope. A chance to refresh…
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Pitching, a First Time
I am no longer a pitch virgin. On Saturday at the Houston Writers Guild April Conference, I had my first experience with a professional agent. And it was good. When…
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First Writer’s Retreat…and I think I’m addicted
Last weekend, I attended my first writer's retreat. Four story tellers gathered at a lake view property in Rancho Viejo, TX. We left friends, with better stories and shared camaraderie.…
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First draft of Gabriella and Periwinkle Complete
Drum roll, please! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R5gHF0vzew I made it!!! The first draft of Gabriella and Periwinkle is complete. Not only did I get those five chapters written, I added another chapter earlier…
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Beta Reading Experience for Future Beta Readers
I completed my first turn at beta reading a complete manuscript. I can verify, without a doubt, that I do NOT want to be an editor. (Read more at my previous…
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First Draft Complete!!!
The printer is working double time putting to paper the draft of my first novel: Tarbin's True Heir. I finished it!!! I wrote 4162 words, the most ever in one…