Straining to Write

I’m straining to write 1,000 words a day now. I feel as if I’ve lost my edge and my focus for my novel. I’m at 59,0o0 words. It took me four days to write 1,000 words. I feel my writing is flat and that I’m just going through the motions (if that since it took […]

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Wore Myself Out

I wore myself out tonight at the gym, a gym I had just joined. I rode the stationary bike for 30 minutes. My legs felt like rubber. I did have a luxurious shower afterward, which made all the effort worth it. Now here’s my dilemma (oh good Lord I hope that’s the right spelling of […]

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A Small Book

Sunday, March 13, 2016, I wrote another 1,000 words which brought me to a grand total of 50,212 words, which is a small book. I’m now officially out of novellaland and into book world. I made it yeah!! Writing 1,000 words a day, even on days that I don’t feel like it, has helped me […]

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Writer: Get to the Point

I was just reading a post by a writer who shall remain nameless. It was a really good post full of descriptions and details. Ah the details. I found myself looking at my internal watch thinking “would you please get to the point”. It’s not that I don’t enjoy details when reading…no, that’s not it. […]

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Two for One

I did it yesterday. I wrote 1,000 words in the early morning hours (around 2 a.m. when I couldn’t sleep) and then wrote another 1,000 after work in the early evening. I’m thrilled to have written 2,000 words in one day. So this puts me at just over 46,000 words. Yeah!

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New Year’s Resolution Achieved

I don’t make New Year’s resolutions easily. I’m better at breaking them. This year I made one December 30th to write more. There was a novel swimming around in my head that I wanted to write. So December 30th I started writing it. I didn’t keep track of how many words I was writing on […]

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Love Inspired Historical Romance Formating

These are the guidelines for submitting to this Harlequin contest: FORMATTING GUIDELINES Not sure how to set up your documents for Love Inspired Historical to submit them in the Manuscript Matchmakers pitch session? Not a problem! Here’s a cheat-sheet for how to set up every entry. **Please Note: We will review only one entry per […]

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What I found on Harlequin’s site

Manuscript Matchmakers: Meet the perfect editor match for your inspirational historical romance manuscript The Love Inspired editors are thrilled to announce our newest pitch opportunity, Manuscript Matchmakers (#ManuscriptMatch). We want to fall in love with some amazing inspirational historical romance novels. If you think your book holds the key to our hearts, we encourage you […]

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