My Blog 29 Jul 2009 Without Care or Caution This is how I will proceed with the remainder of my new WIP. I've spent too much time caring about what people would think about my first novel that I… Marybeth 5 Comments
My Blog 27 Jul 2009 From accomplishements to…um….well… I had the most amazing first chapter spurt out of me. I held back on the adjectives and adverbs. Passive sentences took a back seat for the active writing to… Marybeth 2 Comments
My Blog 20 Jul 2009 Accomplishments! After an entertaining dream about parallel universes, my old house, and some pretty funky stuff I was slammed with some wonderful ideas pertaining to a novel I had thought up… Marybeth 2 Comments
My Blog 14 Jul 2009 The difference between BEING ready and just WANTING to be ready Reading Rachelle Gardner's post today struck a cord with me today, and made it abundantly clear that I -unfortunately - am not ready to be a published author. I WANT… Marybeth 7 Comments
My Blog 12 Jul 2009 I swear I’m not a creepy stalker! After hearing back about my manuscript and some major thinking I have decided to start querying again. This time I want to be more specific with the agents I target… Marybeth 4 Comments
My Blog 09 Jul 2009 Don’t make me Raise my Voice! So I have been told a few times (or possibly more...) that I have a unique writing voice. I know people spend time researching how to build their voice, but… Marybeth 4 Comments
My Blog 07 Jul 2009 Reading not Writing Revision and Self Editing by James Scott Bell has been eye opening to me and I’m only in the first couple chapters. But it is the reason I have decided… Marybeth 13 Comments
My Blog 02 Jul 2009 I feel like my novel wants to break up with me! I read the BEST analogy towards writing a novel this morning. Seems like everyone these days is comparing it to being in love or being single or anything that has… Marybeth 4 Comments