If you are a writer, chances are you know how necessary, and painful, editing your work can be. You finish writing your newest masterwork and all you want to do is get it out to an adoring audience. But you know that there is still work to be done and so you go through it over and over (and over again). By the time you think it might be good enough to go to an agent or publisher you are thoroughly sick of it. You might even be tired of writing. Sound familiar? But what about all those other stories flitting through your mind? The first thing you should remember is that it isn’t the writing that you are tired […]
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Stop and Smell the Roses
Writer’s write, but is that all they should do? It’s a question I haven’t asked myself in quite a while. I’ve been so caught up in getting my podcast going, my Fantasy novel edited and new story ideas generated that I forgot to slow down. I haven’t exactly been neglecting my friends and family, but I do think I’ve been running on autopilot to some extent. I’m not sure what clued me in but I have realized that in order to write about people and the lives they lead, I need to appreciate the life I have too. That’s not to say that I shouldn’t think about writing or actually sit down and do the writing. It simply means that […]
Read moreFrustration Abounds
For those of you expecting to come to the site and hear the newest episode of ‘Get Published’, I can only offer my apologies. As of this moment, the podcasting piece of the site is broken and refuses to bring up ‘Get Published’ at all. Please be patient as I am working diligently to get this fixed. Thank you. -Michell
Read moreDon’t be Afraid to Help
Anyone who has ever tried to get his/her work in print knows how tough (virtually impossible?) it is to do. Publishers and agents are inundated with dozens/hundreds of submissions every month; how can they possibly separate the wheat from the chaff? I’ve heard many times that a manuscript must be truly exceptional to be considered. That raises the question for me, how many first books fit that description? Often the reason an author’s second book is better than the first is because the author has had the chance to go through the editing process. Without the first book you as an author may never get the second book chance. Granted, you can always hire an editor to work through the book with […]
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