Proofreading

I know, it’ only funny because it’s true. I used to work at a newspaper, and they would post signs in the bathroom reminding us about meetings and such. The signs often had misspellings and homonym problems. And as the copy editors often had pens on them...

New happening, giveaways and resolutions

Yeah, I know it’s been nearly three weeks since I blogged last, I’ve been distracted with candy and cookies and cakes–and I’ve had some fun projects and finally managed to get some editing done on “Blank Slate.” So here’s...

The Complete Novel Plotting Workbook by Weston Elliot

After a very cool day at LDSBA, (which you will hear in more detail about, along with pictures, I promise) I spent my free time yesterday and today looking at critiques for my third book. (All right, so that’s a bit of a misnomer, I actually wrote scads of books...

July’s Writing Challenge

Okay, so don’t believe me when I say I’m going to post more regularly. I’m probably just dreaming anyway. But check back here Wednesdays for some reviews/author interviews for some great new books that are coming up. I plan to review every Wednesday,...

Writer Neurosis

Today in my writing forum one of the ladies posted about how she was preparing a query for one of her books and how frustrated and discouraged she was. She said her book felt like trash compared to other things she read in the market and she wasn’t sure whose...