I've been fortunate to find two wonderful writers who have joined me in a Thursday critique group. I've known Ann for several years from the Bible study I attend on Wednesday mornings. I just met Ingram two weeks ago, and it already feels like I've known her forever.
Have you ever met someone who is only a stranger for the first few minutes, then it seems like you've always known them? The three of us clicked from the first moment we met at our monthly writer's group.
It has been so much fun to share my WIP with them one chapter at a time and listen to their suggestions. And their stories are wonderful. I love watching them develop into writers.
So here's to Ann and Ingram, aspiring authors who are joining me on this path to publication.
Cheers!
Andrea
Monday, June 29, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
Check out my weekly post at Writer's Evolution where I describe my path to publication today.
Happy Monday!
Andrea
Happy Monday!
Andrea
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Writing again
Oh, I'm so excited to be in the early stages of writing a new book. Actually it's not a "new" book. I did extensive plotting for it last June. Oh my, has it been a year?!? And I last worked on it in October '08. Then I got busy with an idea for my historical western short story, which I submitted to an online publisher last month. I dallied in another genre and sold two short stories under a pen name, and I revised and submitted my women's fiction to an editor in NY, whom I'm still waiting to hear from.
Sooooooo, now I am returning to the series romance I began last summer. It must be my summer book. It will be a great beach read when it's published. I just have to finish writing it, which is going quite well. I've been finishing about a scene a day and printing out my 'dailies' for my hubby to read when he gets home from work. After each reading, he looks up and says, "Okay, I want to read more." And I say, "Okay, I have to write more!"
It's so easy to forget how good it feels to be in the creative phase of writing after doing so much revising this spring. I love getting to know my new set of characters and dreaming about signing a publishing contract for this one.
I don't know why I procrastinated for two weeks, laying on the couch reading Suzanne Brockmann everyday when I could be experiencing the pleasure of writing my own stories.
Yeah, actually I do know why.
No matter how much I enjoy the creative process, it is still work. And reading someone else's published work is still play. And I'd much rather play if given the choice!
Sooooooo, now I am returning to the series romance I began last summer. It must be my summer book. It will be a great beach read when it's published. I just have to finish writing it, which is going quite well. I've been finishing about a scene a day and printing out my 'dailies' for my hubby to read when he gets home from work. After each reading, he looks up and says, "Okay, I want to read more." And I say, "Okay, I have to write more!"
It's so easy to forget how good it feels to be in the creative phase of writing after doing so much revising this spring. I love getting to know my new set of characters and dreaming about signing a publishing contract for this one.
I don't know why I procrastinated for two weeks, laying on the couch reading Suzanne Brockmann everyday when I could be experiencing the pleasure of writing my own stories.
Yeah, actually I do know why.
No matter how much I enjoy the creative process, it is still work. And reading someone else's published work is still play. And I'd much rather play if given the choice!
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