I’ve been taking an editing class, not necessarily because I feel like I don’t know how to edit, but that I am ridiculously inefficient at it and can probably use all the help I can get. This class’s point is
Saturday, I Climbed a Mountain
Saturday morning, my husband and I conquered Mount Sherman, peaking at 14,o36 feet. Here in Colorado we have 54 mountains over 14,000 (Fourteeners, we call them affectionately) and it’s been a goal of mine for some time to reach the
“A working writer can never have too many megabytes.”
So, I am taking a spin as a freelance writer/editor. The editor part seems to be going fairly well – there appears to be no shortage of people who would like someone to check their commas, and I am an
Editing: Why the Big Picture Must Come First
I admit, the first time I sat down with a completed manuscript to edit it, I was overwhelmed. I procrastinated for days. It was a sad sight to see. Editing is hard. You’ve got a first draft, a complete manuscript,
Tales of a Writers’ Conference Newbie – Aftermath
So. PPWC WAS AWESOME. I will try not to randomly glee all over the place but believe me, it is hard. I kind of want to sign up for EVERY WRITERS’ CONFERENCE EVER now but I shall try to refrain.
Tales of a Writers’ Conference Newbie – Preparation
As I let you know last month, I shall be attending the Pike’s Peak Writers’ Conference this weekend. The terror, it remains. Luckily, my compatriots in crime Ian and Anne shall be with me, and hopefully I can just remember
The Frustration of Submission
I’m working on fixing up a book so I can continue submitting to agents with it. The process has gone a little like this: Step 1. Write Book. Step 2. Edit Book. Step 3. Write Query Letter/Synopsis. Step 4. Submit
Outlining
As with almost everything, outlining is a process that tends to be individual to each writer, if they do it at all. In the seven years that I’ve been writing seriously, I’ve gone from a complete pantser (i.e. someone who
Writing with a Partner – Collaborative Editing
To continue our discussion from last week (tl;dr – writing with a partner is awesome, assuming you find the right partner), this week I am going to discuss the theory of editing collaboratively. I say theory because I have not done
Story Soundtracks
My first ever novel attempt was in middle school. I started a few more in high school (the longest, I believe, is 18 pages) but I would always get bored and wander off in the middle, or frustrated by something,
