Tag: first
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More work than I thought
Whipping my first manuscript into shape for the Golden Heart contest is turning out to be more work than I thought it’d be. I thought it’d be easier to do a little editing on Brad and Erin’s story than it would to write another 40,000 words to finish my current WIP. Ha! Was I wrong. […]
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Know your characters
Reading an article in a recent issue of Romance Writers Report got me thinking about the characters in the story I’ve been editing: Do I know my heroine as well as I know myself? I sure should, since she’s me … or at least more me than most. Sure, I put a little bit of […]
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Derailed or disheartened?
I just might be a little bit of both tonight. In the past two days, I’ve only done the bare minimum: Read through a couple of chapters, trying to edit and polish them yet again. I also spent some time clearing out my gmail inbox. I’m the editor for the Northern Arizona RWA newsletter, and […]