Arlene Hittle

Tag: NARWA

  • Broken record?

    Again, I say, just because I haven’t been blogging doesn’t mean I’ve been slacking. No, I’ve been busy. I had to trim a five-page synopsis to a single page for the Harlequin American Editor Pitch contest. (Amazing what becomes important and what you suddenly realize can be left out when you have to tell the […]

  • Something else to worry about?

    Thanks to one of my NARWA sisters, I found another contest to enter … a chance to win a pitch with a Harlequin American editor. Since I’ve long envisioned “Operation Snag Mike Brad” as an American Romance, I decided to go for it. I can’t say I always envisioned it in that line. When I […]

  • I did it!

    No, I didn’t sell my MS … or even sign with an agent. What I did do — no small accomplishment, let me tell you — is surpass my goal to write 100,000 words this year. Yes, I said THIS YEAR — and it’s only June. Since NARWA’s word count challenge began in January, I’ve […]

  • Absent but busy

    Forgive me for not blogging lately … It’s not that I haven’t been working, let me assure you. Most of my long weekend was spent on my new WIP, which is now in Chapter 3. Did I mention that there might be something to writing a synopsis first? 😉 I thought a lot about my […]