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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
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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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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
A New Prologue
In a previous post I went through and wrote about the arguement of having a prologue. I think there are some writers who would prefer to stay away from a prologue and for good reason. My writing contains two different stories … Continue reading
A Writing Competition
I have now officially entered my first writing competition. I am excited and not sure what exactly I should expect. The Writing Competition is for the Pikes Peak Writers Contest. The Competition is based in several different categories including: Children’s, … Continue reading
A Writer’s Conference – If you haven’t been….go!!
Last week I was able to attend my first writer’s conference. I have been looking forward to this for months. It didn’t disappoint. I was able to attend the UVU Book Academy. This is the second year that they have been doing this. Continue reading
Finding the Crux of the Story
I think most every story comes down to a paragraph, page or theme. These few words solidify the story and move it in the direction it needs to go. Continue reading
Posted in Personal revelations, Writing
Tagged 4 Kings, climax, crux, crux of the story, earthsdivide, paragraph, Protagonist, story line, storyline, The Black Lion, THe CRUX, The Devil's Gate, The Echoes, The Falcon, The Owl, The Snake, theme, third person, writing
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Earth's Divide 