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Revising

It was going well. Now it looks like this:


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Yes, MALCOLM is really going to be a book!

The revision letter and marked-up manuscript is here for MALCOLM AT MIDNIGHT! And it’s not too bad. In fact, I think I can do this! I’ve been waiting for a package from my editor all week, so when I took E to baseball practice at 5 last night and saw it leaning on the doorstep, [...]


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The Big Ol’ Revision Post

It seems that at some point in every writer/blogger’s life, there come a time when they need to share their process. Maybe it’s to justify all that time sitting at a computer. (See? I really WAS doing something!) But anyway, having turned in one manuscript and in starting another, it appears to be my turn… Be [...]


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Between the Vegan Chocolate and the Persistence Quotations

I’m starting a new book this week. It’s my fourth novel, so you’d think I’d have some things figured out. But no. I’m finding myself kind of overwhelmed and not really sure where to start. How do you do this again? So when I was looking for book trailers to post to my library blog, [...]


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The First Printout

Here it is. My latest project. Wow. I always feel a little awed and mystified as to where all those words and pages came from when I first see it printed. Anyone else? And now to figure out how to get it to all make sense….


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done

It’s not DONE done, or even Done done, but it’s done: I finished my draft of MALCOLM. Whew! It’s only been….um…a little over two years. Granted, I did have 13 other books under contract that I had to write during the first year and a half. But, yeah, I’m a slow writer. Both my boys [...]


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