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It’s all in my head

My husband caught me standing in front of my computer staring off into space once. “What are you doing?” he asked. Me: “Working.” I’ve been doing a lot of that kind of work lately. Hours and hours of it. It’s directly related to the revise-and-resubmit letter I got from an editor a couple weeks ago.

Must read for writers

If you’re a writer, I highly recommend Natalie Whipple’s “Stages of Editing” post from her blog Between Fact & Fiction. You will not regret the time spent reading it. I plan to print and bookmark the page, and review her list when I start revisions at the beginning of February. One thing that jumped out

Cleaning up

Whenever I have company coming, I notice things that have been invisible to me for weeks. Dust on the end table, a pair of socks in the corner that I’ve walked past 100 times, writing paraphernalia stacked on the table. When I look at my house through the eyes of a guest, I see all

The End is just the beginning

Most non-writers believe that once you type “The End”, you’re done. Hah! Far from it. I can’t begin to tell you how many times I’ve revised Counting on You (a.k.a. COY) since I “finished” it. The first couple of revisions were based on things I’d learned (through workshops, books on writing, and experience) since starting