I finished Sword & Illusion! This was the final editing. Beloved is now going to read it for what I’m calling “polishing.” I do NOT intend to do any more rewriting or scene adding or anything like this. I’m going to RWA’s National Conference in July in Orlando, and I fully intend to do my …
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As you have probably guesses since it’s been over two weeks since I posted my last career plan update, things haven’t been moving along on the Cherry Challenge book. However, I am getting Sword & Illusion polished. This has been a growth experience for me. A couple of months ago, my sister-in-law (Beloved’s sister) and …
Tuesday didn’t go so well, or it went great, depending on how you look at it. I got Sword & Illusion edited (or at least I worked on it for an hour), then I read my husband’s book and critiqued it for an hour. Then I took my little Netbook and went to the carpool …
Yesterday started out a bit rough. I was a little angry at the world and my family in particular. I woke up all excited about my new plan for my career, but then Beloved reminded me that I need to edit Sword & Illusion first, then read his book. I figured out as I drove …
This weekend I was at the Jubilee Jambalaya Writers’ Conference in Houma, LA. It is a small, but very well respected conference. Harley Jane Kozak was the keynote speaker, if that tells you anything. Besides the funny and inspiring keynote address by Ms. Kozak, I attended two workshops given by Cherry Adair. She is a …
SWORD & ILLUSION IS DONE! Okay, now that the cheering and celebration is done, a little disclaimer. The book, first draft was finished about 3 or so years ago and it went through a massive edti/rewrite/set aside period that included my husband reading the whole book and making comments. Then I went through the whole …
It’s been six years since my books came out and unfortunately, the publisher I used didn’t offer contracts for more that the individual book they were buying at the time. Also, both of the books I published in 2004 had been written several years before. Attack of the Queen, written as Honor Cummings, had been …
Current book – writing: Sword & Illusion Number of chapters declared DONE – Sixteen Number of chapters waiting for Beloved’s final read – Two Chapter working on – None as I’m far enough ahead with totally new stuff that I don’t want to move on until he’s read what’s waitng Current book – reading – …
Current book – writing: Sword & Illusion Number of chapters declared DONE – Thirteen Number of chapters waiting for Beloved’s final read – Two (Fourteen and Fifteen) Chapter working on – Sixteen Current book – reading – Holly’s Inbox LIFE UPDATE Well, the Boy started first grade this morning. Yesterday we went to the school …
Life has been crazy around here lately. A little over a week ago, my mother-in-law called.They live in New Jersey and this was Friday, last week. The first words out of her mouth were, “Surprise. We’ll be there Sunday.” Now, a little context. I had my brother on the other line. He lives in Ohio …