by Denise Vega | September 11, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
A few weeks ago I started yet another round of cleaning out my writing space–going through files, recycling paper, sorting supplies, and giving away or tossing what I no longer needed. Shortly after I began, I spoke to my dear friend (see photo at left), Ann...
by Denise Vega | September 6, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
So previously the Friday Focus was “Trust Your Writer’s Instinct” and I talked about how I had gotten to a point writing my novel where I needed to print out the pages I had and get a sense of the bigger picture. It was a 300+-pages mess, but a beautiful...
by Denise Vega | September 4, 2013 | Picture Books, Writer Tips & Tools
I’m always so pleased with the generosity of fellow authors who share their process. Today I’m happy to spread that generosity. Author Linda Ashman provides an amazing look at one of her recent books, Rain, pictures by Christian Robinson. (I used her book,...
by Denise Vega | September 2, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Let’s all take a break, appreciate those who are working at the places we visit–coffee shop, grocery store, restaurant, etc–and do things that will help refill our creative well. Relax, enjoy and get ready to jump back into your writing...
by Denise Vega | August 30, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
I’ve attended a lot of writer’s conferences and many of them have First Pages or Read-and-Critique sessions where you bring a page or two of a manuscript and it is read and critiqued on the spot by an author, editor, or agent or sometimes a combination....
