Category Archives: Publishing
The Wait… Killing Dreams Or Making Dreams Come True One Manuscript At A Time… Until It Is Yours
I have kept myself busy or more accurately distracted because I’m always busy, the last few weeks, so I wouldn’t think about my manuscript. It is off in an editor extraordinaire’s hands, and has been for almost three weeks. But … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Personal, Publishing, Writing
Tagged "dream killer", critique, editor, feedback, manuscript, memoir, waiting, writers
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One More Time – Revising, Prepping And Sending Off My Manuscript
So, I’m doing this again. You know that thing I said I wouldn’t do. That thing that if I had to do again, I would scratch my own eyes out and gladly bleed out on the table, just so I … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Inspiration, Publishing, Writers, Writing
Tagged "medical memoir", editor, epiphany, health, manuscript, memoir, rebirth, revising, revision, writer
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A Case (Kind Of) Of Publishing Envy
Have you ever felt like you were lagging behind everyone else… like WAY behind? Lately, these thoughts and frustrations plague me, focusing on, “Why aren’t you published yet?” In the past eighteen months, several of my friends and peers have … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing, Writers, Writing
Tagged "book tour", author, career, envy, manuscript, publishing, stuck, success
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And Then I Had A Collection: How One Inspired Short Story Gave Birth To A Collection Of Stories
Less than two weeks ago inspiration hit me HARD. For the first time in over four years I was writing fiction. The characters came at me before I could get every aspect of their personalities down (thank goodness for my … Continue reading
Posted in Editing, Inspiration, Publishing, Writers, Writing
Tagged "short story collection", "short story", fiction, reflection
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