Hi Everyone, I have had a fairly busy week this week so I didn’t get as much writing done as I would like. I even had one day I didn’t get to write at all 😦 I usually write everyday so just having one day off practically kills me. The sad news is I didn’t … More A Writerly Update 24.
Hi Everyone, welcome to this week’s writerly update. I have mainly been concentrating on my YA epic Fantasy as this is the one I have decided I am going to send out on submission when it is ready. YA author Susan Dennard just sold her YA epic fantasy to Tor & Tor UK which I … More A Writerly Update 23.
Hi Everyone, This update is going to be short and sweet because I’ve only been concentrating on one thing this week: my YA epic fantasy. I told you all last week that I pulled out my YA epic fantasy after seeing it on agents manuscript wish lists via twitter. Thankfully I had already done edits … More A Writerly Update 22.
Hi, Everyone! I’ve had a very productive writing week this week and am happy with everything I’ve gotten done. I edited and sent away a short love story for adults. This one had to be sent via regular post, which is something I haven’t done in years, these days most people accept email. I also … More A Writerly Update 21.
I subscribe to Janis Hardy’s blog and today I received a wonderful post that I want to share with you all (talk about perfect timing.) Agent Sarah Megibow from Nelson Literary agency (and who just so happens to be one of the agents I will be querying in a couple of months when my manuscript … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Agent Sara Megibow’s Tips On The Emotionally Healthy Publishing Career
Hi Everyone, welcome to my writerly update for this week. I managed to write to some degree every day this week, so yay! I might do things a little different this week and show you what I did each day, though it wasn’t my most productive week by far. Monday I didn’t do much writing … More A Writerly Update 20.
I’ve always known how important the query letter is, what I didn’t know was the extent in which they are used until I read this interesting post by Jordan Hamessley London (Editor at Egmont USA) over at Pub(lishing) Crawl. According to Jordan, once you sign with an agent your query letter never dies. She says … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Life of a Query Letter.
Hi, Everyone! Welcome to this week’s writerly update. I’ve had such a busy weekend and didn’t get any writing done unfortunately 😦 I hate being busy, I’d rather stay home and write. I did write during the week though 🙂 I’ve rewritten chapter one of the YA contemporary novel I’m working on. The main thing … More A Writerly Update 19.
Welcome to this week’s writing update. I haven’t done a huge amount of actual writing this week, I’ve mainly been editing and plotting. On the short story front, I got a draft done of a sci-fi story I’m working on. It’s almost ready to be sent away. I’ll do a few more reads to make … More A Writerly Update 18.
I recently started receiving the Australian Writers’ Centre newsletter. In each issue of the newsletter there is usually two tips on the right way to use words. I have found these very helpful and thought I would share them with you. I think this is something I may incorporate into my Writing Tip Wednesday on … More Writing Tip Wednesday: The Right Word.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 