My take on the “What We Actually Do” meme for Romance Writers.
Roller Coaster – Before and After the Self-Edit
What the editor will focus on, I hope, is if this scene is where the book should begin. For this book, choosing the opening has been the single most important decision I’ve had to make, and I’ve agonized.
Two Weeks for Self-Doubt
How can something that happens with every book always come as a surprise? Even in the throes of self-doubt I don’t recognize it.
Is it Six Thirty? Nine Fifteen?
This seems to me close to my personal rule, “If I read it aloud and pause, that’s where the comma goes.” This after years of being told that was not how to do things.
Reality is Not Reality TV
Just because I have the passionate commitment about writing to put a story on the page doesn’t mean I have a right to the passionate commitment of others, let alone their money and time. I have to earn it and work to keep it.