by Denise Vega | March 24, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
On March 13 I talked about how I gather and compile feedback I receive from my critique group, the Wild Writers. Today I want to share the next steps I take. Before I actually open up the document to begin working, this is what I do–not necessarily in this...
by Denise Vega | March 20, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
Today is not only the first day of spring (woohoo!)–which brings with it (for me) hope, excitement, renewal, and infinite possibilities– but it’s also the International Day of Happiness. Let’s all take this day to bring happiness to ourselves...
by Denise Vega | March 13, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
On March 6 I talked about my best practices when it comes to receiving feedback during critique group discussions. Today I want to explain my process for pulling all of the comments together in a way that is useful to me and my famous pea brain :-). Keeping in mind...
by Denise Vega | March 6, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
On February 3 I wrote about sending my young adult novel (the one that took me about three years to write) off to my group. So last Friday we got together to discuss it. Now, this can be a daunting prospect because we have some very astute writers in the group and...
by Denise Vega | February 13, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
A month ago I wrote about my experience with a writing workshop about energizing our writing and setting some goals. I’ve decided to do a check in on my blog to keep myself honest and to see where I need to make adjustments. After setting broad goals for 2014,...
by Denise Vega | February 3, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
Those of you who have been on my blog from the beginning will be familiar with the long journey of this book. I went back through my folders and I actually started jotting ideas for the book back in 2010 and then started it in early 2011. I kept pushing back the date...
