1. Chicago Magazine’s Top 5 Magical Requests for Harry Potter in 2009. 2. From Bloomalicious, Anne Hathaway in a ridiculously fabulous ensemble. (Sadly, a bit fancy for our girl Merit.) 3. Crazy brilliance. 4. A new flower: Hellebores. Maybe it’s the name, but there’s something a little bit whimsically evil about them. 5. I’ll be[…]
Devon Monk, over at Deadline Dames, has written an awesome post that explores various “list” methods of outlining manuscripts. As I read through the lists, I found myself thinking back to the edit of Friday Night Bites. Did I get in a try/fail cycle? How many? Did Merit return with the “elixer”?I’ll be printing this[…]
I think this pretty much says it all… YIPPEE!
I’ve just finished the first edit (via editorial letter) of FRIDAY NIGHT BITES. It took a month, and I deleted/added about 17,000 22,000 words to the manuscript. Significantly beefed up the mystery, and added a pretty kick-ass fight scene at the end. This has been a long process; I definitely think FNB is better post-edit[…]