In honor of the Humboldt river, which my fictional family is approaching, I leave you with two poems written by emigrants to honor the Humboldt: I HATE YOU Meanest and muddiest, filthiest stream, most cordially I hate you; Meaner and muddier still you seem since the first day I met you. Your namesake better wasContinueContinue reading “Most Cordially I Hate You”
Tag Archives: Editing
Prologue – Sneak Peak
I’ve been buckling down hard on Picture of the Past, hence the reason I missed last week’s post AND yesterday’s post. And since my brain is still too full of forts and Platte rivers, and buffalo chips to come up with anything interesting, below is a 500 word excerpt of what I’m working on -ContinueContinue reading “Prologue – Sneak Peak”
Revision, Revision, Revision
“We are camped at a little place called Rock Creek Station….I’m told our last few stops were only recently established and so we should be grateful for the additional provisions we have been able to obtain, as previous travelers did not have that privilege. As if there were anything to ever be grateful for outContinueContinue reading “Revision, Revision, Revision”
Random Jottings
I’ll be honest. I have nothing new to say today. Still researching (though less frustrated). Still editing (very slow). So instead I’m going to share one of my completely random jottings from my equivalent of one of Emily’s (of New Moon) Jimmy books. I don’t think there was any actual point to it when IContinueContinue reading “Random Jottings”
Editing Rant
Uuuuugggghhhhhh! Like my character as hordes of mosquitoes attack her on the trail, I, too, want to cry out in frustration. Guys–you can do years, years, of research on a subject and still not know the full scope of the subject. You all know how long I’ve been studying the Oregon-California Trail, and STILL–STILL, IContinueContinue reading “Editing Rant”
Courage
Oh my goodness. What a crazy month. Besides having two straight weeks of company (which, don’t get me wrong, was great fun and I wouldn’t trade for the world!), I also accepted a volunteer position on the ACFW VA board of directors to be social media coordinator. So, I’ve been trying to acclimate to thatContinueContinue reading “Courage”
Prepping for a Pitch
That’s right. On Friday, I am scheduled to do my first ever verbal pitch to a publishing company. How much alliteration could I fit in here? Prepping to pitch for a publisher…to prepare a project? Ha, okay. If you are wondering, yes, I am nervous. I spent hours researching how to do verbal pitches, compiledContinueContinue reading “Prepping for a Pitch”
Courage
Yes, I know. I was supposed to post this yesterday. But, well…I woke up and wanted to finish the book I had started the day before, so I read instead of working (hey, technically, it’s contemporary romance, so counts as research, right?) – and by the time I finished the book at like 9:30 AM,ContinueContinue reading “Courage”
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.”
Killing My Darlings
Today I’ve decided to do one of the most painful things I’ve yet done in my writing career. I am about to effectively delete 20,000+ words. Of course, I’ll still have them in another document in case I ever need them for something, but most of them will no longer have a place in myContinueContinue reading “Killing My Darlings”
Forest Idylls 