by Denise Vega | January 7, 2016 | Writing Inspiration
Now that I have my new year, new approach, I was interested to see how things turned out with respect to the Goal Setting class I’d taken a year ago at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Part of the class includes writing two letters to ourselves about our goals and...
by Denise Vega | December 31, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
I’m a bit of a self-help/self-improvement junkie. I read or listen to a lot of books, watch inspiring videos, and always feel motivated to change…at least initially. But many of them have exercises or new ways of approaching my life and I rarely did them...
by Denise Vega | December 24, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
I’m writing this in advance as I will be on the beaches of Cabo San Lucas when you read this today, December 24. It’s just the five of us–my hubby and our three kids–enjoying each other’s company, knowing that the older they get, the...
by Denise Vega | December 17, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
One of the most challenging parts of writing for publication is staying positive during long waits for responses (or no responses), receiving passes after those long waits, and losing enthusiasm for a project that we were convinced would take the publishing world by...
by Denise Vega | December 10, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
So today is my 53rd birthday. Yesterday I got feedback on a picture book manuscript from one group–great stuff, gang!–and tomorrow I get feedback on my YA novel from another group. So this day is sandwiched between some serious critique action. Gift #1...
by Denise Vega | December 3, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
One of our goals when I signed with my current agent was to try to place one or two picture book manuscripts a year (in addition to my novels.) Obviously the acceptance side was out of our hands, but the creation side was not. We had talked about strategies before,...
