Author: Terri Benson
To Contest or Not To Contest…that is the question
Do you enter contests for your writing? Over the last couple decades, I’ve entered many contests, both for full-length novels and short stories. I belong to RWA (Romance Writers of America), which includes multiple chapter contests in their monthly magazine, both for unpublished and published authors. I think most genres have something similar, or you…
Never Ignore Serendipity
I just took a vacation. It was great, but what I took away from it (besides a sunburn and a hangover), was that I need to make sure I never let myself ignore serendipitous moments in time. While our husbands went fishing, my friend and I decided we’d take a nice little snorkeling trip. Just…
Life Work Balance
Yeah, I know, it’s backwards. Everyone always says Work/Life balance, right? Well, after Colorado Gold this month, I can see how we’ve had it wrong all this time. I mean, really, which is more important: Life or Work? (Hint: this is not a hard question to answer) Yes, most of us need to work to…
It’s Perfect. Almost.
I sent 25 pages of my just-finished manuscript to a contest last week, but not before I’d gone over it carefully. My critique group had reviewed it. My beta reader had gone through it. I went over it a couple more times before I sent it – damn, it looked good. Yeah! Then it was…