Every year around this time (okay, let’s be honest – by the beginning of the month), I start to get impatient. I am ready to be done with the cold, dark, dreary days and search for any hint of sunshine and warmth. I revel in the days that get up into the 50s or evenContinueContinue reading “A Season of Impatience”
Tag Archives: Agents
Riveting Life Updates
No, I have not yet heard back from the agent regarding my manuscript. No, I am not panicking or obsessing over it. Yes, that was a lie. The ACFW Virginia Royal Writers Conference – all virtual! – is coming up. And you should totally register because, first, I am helping plan it so you knowContinueContinue reading “Riveting Life Updates”
Pitching and Pressure
Oh my goodness. Has it truly been a month since I’ve posted? I swear, I still care about you, dear blog! I mean, dear readers! Imagine, if you will, an all-encompassing pressure weighing down on you. You wake up thinking about it, stump around all day thinking about it, and go to bed thinking…that youContinueContinue reading “Pitching and Pressure”
Figuring out the Pitch
All right, y’all. I know this is early. But at least I’m posting. So, this is going to be a nitty gritty, in-depth post that will not be of use or interest to most of you. However, since I don’t really have a writing partner, and I feel like I need some accountability/help as IContinueContinue reading “Figuring out the Pitch”
Editing, Editing, Editing.
I know I’m a day late on my usual blog post, but I had a good reason. Well, I think it was a good reason, though some might point to my perfectionism as a bit of an issue. I was finishing editing Drawn Into Love. But wait, you say, you finished that ages ago! YouContinueContinue reading “Editing, Editing, Editing.”
NaNoWriMo Day 2 and Query Letters
It is 11:15 PM so I figured I should get in my blog post for the day. I’m not quite at my word count goal for the day, but I know I will reach it! I’ve got about 300 more to go, and I’ll have written 3,000 today – ugh, I’d better get that inContinueContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Day 2 and Query Letters”
Believing in your Book
My insides literally shuddered with delight and nerves as my eye fell on the magazine that came in with the mail. Based on an email I had received a week or so before, I had reason to believe that this tiny, Christian girls magazine had a delightful surprise in it. I grasped it, ran toContinueContinue reading “Believing in your Book”
A Letter from Chadwick
Last week, Chadwick wrote me a letter. I was laying in bed, staring at the ceiling fan, and suddenly, there it was. I thought I’d share it with you all: Dear Jacinta, I just wanted to congratulate you on sending that manuscript into that small publisher who promised to get back to you next week.ContinueContinue reading “A Letter from Chadwick”
What I didn’t know about Querying
We surveyed the kitchen and looked at each other with our dismal future reflecting in each other’s eyes. “What should we do?” my brother asked. My sister and I shook our head. Anything had to be better than this. Plates, cups, silverware, pots, pans, and food everywhere. Sometimes, Easter dinner just wasn’t worth it. EspeciallyContinueContinue reading “What I didn’t know about Querying”
Forest Idylls 