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Meteorites and A More Diverse Protagonist
I’ve really been looking at my manuscript from a different perspective the last few weeks. I got to a point in my editing where I was satisfied. It wasn’t that I thought I was finished, but I was too close … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Personal revelations, Writing
Tagged adding juice to charaters, changes, characters, Devils' Gate, earthsdivide, Protagonist, writing
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UVU Book Academy – Even better the second time.
Yesterday, I had a fantastic time at the UVU book academy in Orem Utah. This is the second year that I’ve been able to attend. And just like last year, it was awesome. Simply the best thing about the conference … Continue reading
Posted in Personal revelations, Writing
Tagged Book Academy, book conference, earthsdivide, mansucricpt, manuscript, Query letter, query writing, The Devil's Gate, writing
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WIP – The Devil’s Gate
My frist manuscript ever finished is my first love. But so far, I’ve only received rejections. And I am really okay with this. If it was easy, then I think I would have missed the point. I have started re-working … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Personal revelations, Writing
Tagged Editor, guery letter, publishers, rejection, Shattered, The Devil's Gate, The Earth's Divide, WIP, wolf, wolf beast, Work in progess, writer
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Second Chances – hopefully better than the first
We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. Harrison Ford Second chances are really an interesting and sometimes wasteful opportunity. Half of me thinks that I waste my second chances because I … Continue reading
Adios Prologue
After much deliberation and the help of my most recent conference – I am putting to rest my prologue. As a reader, I love prologues – if done well. They really can grab my attention and throw me into the … Continue reading
Posted in Personal revelations, Writing
Tagged Adios, book conference, Devils' Gate, earthsdivide, Editors, Goodbye, literary agent, manuscript, Prologue, writing a prologue
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Its Query or Die
The Query letter is one of the more crazy things in publishing. I mean – right up there with your pitch. It’s so crazy that most writers hate it…or so I’ve been told. The problem is – as crazy as … Continue reading
An Awesome Contest
Let the fun begin – Thanks to Shelley Watters for this contest: Read and destroy – if you so choose. Title: The Devil’s Gate Genre: Epic Fantasy Word Count: 140,000 Chapter 1 Jet opened his eyes, gulped, and was convinced … Continue reading
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Tagged An awesome contest, Earths Divide, First 250 words, manuscript, The Devil's Gate, Word count
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The First Page Battle
Who knew that the real estate on the first page was so important. I learned this, dramatically, at the Pikes Peak Writing Conference. I was hammered during one of the critique sessions and I am glad I was. Imagine standing … Continue reading
Posted in Personal revelations, Writing
Tagged agent, critique, Editor, first page, first page battle, hook, log line, manuscript, page 1, protagoinsit, publisher, reader, real estate battle, The Devil's Gate, The Earth's Divide, the hook
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My First Pitch At A Conference
Disaster is the only word I could use. I was terribly nervous and under-prepared. I had spent two hours in two class preparing my pitch. They were great classes and I really worked hard on my first 3 sentences or … Continue reading
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