I submitted a query to a publisher, based off the recommendation from another publisher. I got a positive response, but a request to address some issues and if I felt I could do that, to resubmit. Yeah, me! I made the edits, resubmitted, and my excitement starting to climb. I then got an e-mail from…
I can read your mind. Oh, no, not another social media platform I have to learn. Spare me. Hold that thought while I share a few facts from the Pew Research Center. There are 500,000,000 users of Instagram (IG). That’s not five million. FIVE HUNDRED MILLION. And 300,000,000 of those are active users, meaning they…
WARNING: THIS AUTHOR IS SUBJECT TO EMOTIONAL OUTBURSTS WHEN EDITING. Well then, how do you edit your own stuff? Here are ways I implement, but I’m always willing to learn. SWALLOW your pride. CRITIQUE GROUPS are invaluable. I pity mine. Published on OneWildWord.com, https://writetodone.com/eight-simple-tips-for-editing-your-own-work/ Carol Despeaux Fawcett, a poet for over 30 years. instructs writers…
This weekend marks my second time attending and participating in COSine, a science fiction convention in Colorado Springs. Last year was also the very first time I ever sat on a panel and could not contain my inner fangirl next to Connie Willis. For context, if you go to the Wikipedia page for the Hugo…
I’m a blind writer, and that baffles some people. They don’t know how I can write if I can’t see what I’m writing. How do I review my work? Do I have a homunculus to read the editor’s markup? My secret, of course, is technology. The traditionally paper-based writing industry has gone electronic. Concurrently, tech…