Officially 2/3 done with the novel. Husband still has to read it all and "sign off" that everything is okay.

I have some heavy-duty changes to wring coming up. Trusting that I will smoothly sail right through to a perfect ending.

7 years ago today, I finished the 60 pg (handwritten) story that started it all ( Read more... )

Did you know that it's hard to type around a cat lying just in front of your keyboard? Just thought I'd share.
The gray fuzzball knows I need my daily dose of purring and she's always glad to oblige. Just thought she'd share.

After attending the conference in March where I decided to pursue the Christian aspects that peppered my novel and gear it ( Read more... )

So, the first 3 chapters are ready to go. Again ( Read more... )

I suppose ranting counts as complaining so I'm really sorry ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Wolf!!!!

Encouraged by the friendly, helpful environment of everyone at the conference, I made an appointment with the editor I'd been looking at to help me with my novel. He also owns an indie publishing company and publishes the genre that I write ( Read more... )

Long story short, husband and I attended the conference. Um...wow (doesn't even begin to describe it lol)
Once I got over myself and placed everything in God's hands, He began to show me exactly what He has planned for my life.

I decided that the only thing I could do with my manuscript there was participate in the CPR session, where a freelance ( Read more... )

My thoughts have been very convoluted of late. Sending out my manuscript to beta readers was the first step in getting this thing ready for publication (if actually writing it wasn't). The problem with this is that there is no clear path to take from there.

I always thought it would be easy-ish:
I write.
They read.
I fix.
The powers that be reject.
I fix ( Read more... )

Somehow, dinner conversation tonight turned to the topic of what the Quechop would have been like had they attended an average American high school.

Vanyal - Debate Club, Student Council President, Nat'l Honor Society, invited to all the great parties where he would be the cool designated driver for like, everyone, Homecoming King, voted most likely ( Read more... )