Part of the process of finishing is going back and revising. That means not only moving some sentences around, checking eye and hair color of every character all the way through, and other polishing type touches, but it also means throwing out whole chapters, moving big chunks from one place to another, and then rewriting [...]

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Take Charge of your Feedback We’ve been talking about getting your work out. Inevitably, with getting your work out, you will get critiques back. I have a love/hate relationship with critiques. While I really want the feedback, I initially feel the sting of imperfection. So, to make it easier, this is what I’ve learned to [...]

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Programming Note: MONDAY IS THE START OF AUTHOR CRUSH MONTH. So very exciting. Who will our fav authors be? Come on back and find out some tips from our lineup of stellar authors. ************* Wow, what a month we have had learning about revision from Margie Lawson. My brain hurts. How about yours? Did you [...]

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