We have a Super Power. One that not everyone has. We can use that power to entertain and inform, and also to help heal those around us. Or we can cause hurt. I know that sounds pretty pretentious, but it’s true. We can write positive things, or we can write “other” things. We can understand…
I’ve been teaching a class at the local Community College about writing fiction for publication. Not a “how to write” class, but rather geared to providing knowledge to decrease writing and editing time to finish a book. Things like editing tools, terminology, what POV and “show, don’t tell” mean—nothing earthshaking, but more condensed so it…
I’m not the most coordinated person, so juggling physical objects would be an exercise in futility, and if they were sharp or heavy objects, probably a lot worse. But I’ve also found that juggling all the parts and pieces of my life can be just as hazardous to my health in this semi-post-pandemic time. We…
Well, here in Colorado we’ve celebrated (if that’s the word you want to use) the year of COVID as of March 5, when the first diagnosed case was recorded in 2020. During that year we all endured a lot. Businesses being shut down. Masks. Elections. Stay at Home orders. Riots. Cancelled family visits and vacations….
In the last six weeks, I’ve had to work on edits for two different books for two different publishers. The key word here, I’m finding, is “different”. I had a publisher several years ago, and that book went through three or four rounds of edits. It was an eye opener to have someone see your…