It has been a rough week my friends. I’m blocked on my revisions of chapter one, I’m concerned about the massive wild fires keeping me from making it home this weekend to see my family and Mumford and Sons, and I’m still recovering from the sample fat-burner I took yesterday that made me feel like … Continue reading
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Time to Kill
Now that I’ve gotten 8 critiques on my work, it’s time to put those puppies to use and revise my first chapter. Revising – to me – is the hardest part of the creative writing process. Here you’ve got this piece of artwork you’ve created that is pretty good, and now using the varying and … Continue reading
A Mouth Full of Teeth (Ch.1)
Alrighty, since I’m feeling pretty confident still I am going to share with you the first chapter of my novel A Mouth Full of Teeth. I encourage you to leave comments; let me know what you think of it, don’t be shy! What do you think works well? What do you think could use improvement? Is … Continue reading
The Eye of the Tiger
I faced one of my biggest fears Saturday afternoon and I am quite proud of myself. As you know I joined Critique Circle a little while ago so that I can get critiques and feedback from other writers. I submitted the first chapter of my novel for review, and it came into the review queue early last … Continue reading
I’ve Got a Guide, But I Need a Compass
Am I crazy? I mean, am I really crazy? I follow literary agent Rachelle Gardner‘s blog, and she has a post about how to write both a fiction and a non-fiction proposal. I skipped over the non-fiction proposal for obvious reasons, and just read through the fiction prop. After reading the 11 part proposal outline, I … Continue reading
Spinning Jenni 