Hi everyone, how are you all? Lots of things have been happening in the past fortnight writing wise that I would love to share with you. The lovely Julie Israel and I swapped query letter synopsis’. She did a wonderful critique which really helped me a lot. She has a great blog and if you … More A Writerly Update 4.
*So sorry that this is a day late, but better late than never, right? The first novel you write may never get published. That’s hard news to hear for those of you out there working on your first novel, I mean, you put so much effort into writing that novel, months or years of hard … More (A late) Writing Tip Wednesday: Practice Manuscripts.
Hi everyone, how are you all? My writing has kept me busy over the past fortnight, and for anyone interested, here’s what I’ve been up to: I am almost half way through the final draft of the first book in my YA epic fantasy trilogy. I thought I had already done the final draft and … More A Writerly Update 3.
Hi Everyone, I just updated my open submission page. There are now 9 opportunities for you to send your work to, including new flash fiction and anthology opportunities. You can check it out here Good luck with all your submissions, and happy writing 🙂
One of the things we need to be aware of as writers is word counts. Books for different ages and genres have different word counts and I think it important to be aware of what those general word counts are. Over at Writers Digest Chuck Sambuchino has complied a definitive list of word counts for … More Writing Tip Wednesday: A Word On Word Counts.
Part of the reason I started this blog was to share my journey as I try to get published. Because of this, I have decided that I will share progress updates every fortnight with you guys. I will post my writerly updates on a Wednesday, alternating with my writing tips. So, here’s what’s been happening … More A Writerly Update 2.
One of the most annoying things for a writer is when an idea strikes at an inconvenient time. This happened to me today and it made me so frustrated. In an ideal world, when an idea strikes, we writers would be able to stop whatever we are doing and start plotting the idea that has … More When Ideas Strike at Inconvenient Times.
So I told you that I entered my manuscript to the Ampersand Project – an initiative by Hardie Grant Egmont Australia where they except submissions from unpublished YA authors during spring/summer. I just found out that my manuscript was rejected, which sucks. I was really hoping they would want it, though I kind of knew … More A Writerly Update.
What everyone doesn’t know about me is that I am in fact a mother. I have two young children – a son in school and a daughter in preschool. Since today is Mothers Day I thought I would share a little something about what it’s like trying to juggle motherhood and writing. I myself like … More The Mother/Writer.
I came across an article this week on a wonderful website I have discovered. ‘The Review Review’ is a must read website for all short story writers looking to submit to literary magazines. It has an abundance of helpful articles about the submission process. The article that I read was called ‘What Editor’s Want; A … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Submitting To Literary Magazines.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 