Keep It Straight: Outline Your Chapters by Patrick Craig
Before I start writing a book, I do a lot of prep work, including a lot of research on the Internet (thank goodness for Google) and a story timeline. The timeline is especially helpful if I'm writing a historical novel. But the most important thing I do, something I use [...]
How to Handle a Harsh Critique: Editor’s Point-of-View
Two weeks ago I talked about how it feels to be on the receiving end of a harsh critique. It’s something I often experienced as a new writer, so I knew how it would feel. What I never considered, however, was how it would feel to be on the other [...]
Book Review: The Cautious Maiden by Dawn Crandall
Violet Hawthorne is beyond mortified when her brother Ezra turns their deceased parents' New England country inn into a brothel to accommodate the nearby lumberjacks; but when Violet's own reputation is compromised, the inn becomes the least of her worries. In an effort to salvage her good name, Violet is [...]
Author Interivew: Laura Hilton
Hi, and thanks for your willingness to appear on my blog! I'm looking forward to sharing your knowledge and advice with the rest of the world (at least with the small portion of it that follows my blog). Tell us a little about yourself. Hi! (waving) I’m a mother of five, [...]
How to Handle a Harsh Critique: Writer’s Point-of-View
Imagine someone telling you that your child needs help – he’s lazy, incoherent, and not many people are going to like him. Ouch. Yet writers hear that all the time about their babies (their manuscripts). Not only that, writers pay people to criticize their children! That’s right – when you [...]