Another read through...

I am doing another read through out loud edit. After I am done I will send the manuscript to the interested agent. That is all I need to share today. THE END

Read out loud while editing...

Going through the book, reading it out loud...the agent told me that is what I should do. I am amazed at how many things I have noticed that I didn't when reading silently. It's fun too!

Kathy helps Liz...

When I was growing up I made up a game to play with my sister. She was "Kathy" when we played and I was "Liz." We made up a village and friends to talk about. I was constantly asking her to play, "Liz and Kathy."

I had a great weekend due to "Kathy" asking to read my book and having her e-mail me feedback on each chapter...it was like playing "Liz and Kathy" as grown ups.

Thanks, Kathy! I can't begin to put into words how wonderful it is to have a real sister who is also an imaginery friend. LOVE YA, SIS!

Mom called and shed light on my "telling" style

I received a call from my mother this morning and in the conversation she shed light on why I "tell" more than "show"...she and I have a way of talking about something and talking about it some more...we talk and then speculate about the talk and then talk about it some more...so of course that would come through when I set out to write fiction. "THANKS, MOM!"

Now...back to showing more telling less...LOVE YA, MOM! (she knows me)

Believing in self...

I went to the conference. I listened to people who have been in the writing business for years. I internalized their suggestions. I am back at it. I need to believe I can put the knowledge I gleaned to work to make my writing more marketable and reader attractive. I believe!

When is too much...too much?

So I took to heart all the suggestions, advice, criticism, blah blah blah...now I don't know if I have stripped down my work so that I don't recognize it. ho hum...fiddle dee dee, the writer's life for me.

Been a while...

Since I last blogged here I wrote my eighth novel. I am currently reworking it after attending The Santa Barbara Writers Conference, where I read the first four chapters out loud and received helpful suggestions to make it the best it can be.

Are we ever really done editing, revising, fiddling with our creations? I will say that I am having a wonderful time making "it the best it can be."

updates to come...