Running a little behind this week with the holiday weekend and whatnot, but I’m back on track again. Here’s what I accomplished for the week. The Novel So, I had hoped to be neck-deep in my first round of revisions by this point, but… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 5/21/18 to 5/27/18”
Last week, I listed six things you need before you send out those first submissions in New Author Starter Kit – Submission Prep. Today, I’ve put together a few things you’ll need when one of those submissions is accepted for publication. From (much) experience… Continue Reading “New Author Starter Kit – Acceptance Prep”
Another week of writing gone by. Lots of business as usual and one fairly momentous accomplishment. Here are the details. The Novel The first draft is done. The novel is an actual thing that exists somewhere other than my head. There’s still a lot of… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 5/14/18 to 5/20/18”
If you’re a new author and you want to submit your work to magazines, literary journals, anthologies, contests, and the like, it can seem a daunting process. I mean, where do you submit? How do you submit? A lot of us simply learned by… Continue Reading “New Author Starter Kit – Submission Prep”
And the second week of May is in the books. Less progress than I would have liked, but, in all, positive yardage. Here’s how I did. The Novel The novel I’m currently working on is the fourth I’ve written in the last three years.… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 5/7/18 to 5/13/18”
Here’s a scenario for you. You receive a very encouraging personal rejection from a publisher, where the editor says something like, “Hey, good story. We’re going to pass, but we think you might consider improving the story by changing X and revising Y.” If… Continue Reading “Submission Protocol: The Unsolicited Rewrite”
Although not as good as March, April was a solid month that featured a little but of everything. Lots of submissions, some rejections, an acceptance, and a few other bits and pieces. April 2018 Report Card Submissions Sent: 13 Rejections: 10 Acceptances: 3 Publications:… Continue Reading “Submission Statement: April 2018”
On more week of writing, editing, and submitting in the books. Getting close to done(ish) on at least one big project. The Novel Solid production on the novel for the week, and I passed 80,000 words total. I’m at the climax of the story,… Continue Reading “A Week of Writing: 4/23/18 to 4/29/18”