by Denise Vega | August 28, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Author, teacher, and expert Julie Hedlund had a wonderful tradition on her website that she called “Gratitude Sunday,” where she listed a variety of things she was/is grateful for (writing-related or not) and also included gratitude quotes. Right now...
by Denise Vega | August 23, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Some of you know that I’ve been using Scrivener software to write my current work-in-progress novel and it’s been great. I love how I can jump around, writing the scenes that most appeal to me on a particular day, move things here and there, leave notes,...
by Denise Vega | August 21, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
Last week I talked about sending out your manuscript too soon and in the classes I teach where we talk about submitting, I have a checklist that I share to help writers decide when their manuscripts are ready to send out and it’s something I use myself (though...
by Denise Vega | August 16, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Last week I wrote about reshaping a story into something completely new (Friday Focus: Reshaping Your Story). The fact that I was so focused on writing my story as a picture book that I couldn’t conceive of it as anything else was keeping me from making real...
by Denise Vega | August 14, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
Some of you may know that I’m part of the Wild Writers critique group and we rotate blogging about a variety of writing-related or other topics. On July 29, fellow Wild Writer Caroline Stutson blogged about sending manuscripts out before they are ready in Off It...
