I won an award!
I have returned from Killer Nashville with some very exciting news, indeed. I won a Claymore Award! The award is for the best 50 first pages of an unpublished manuscript: The Stonecrafters. Next step is querying. The conference was an absolute blast, though I was disappointed at first to learn that Killer Nashville is not … Continue reading “I won an award!”
Critiques are like choking in a restaurant
Yesterday I was listening to Episode 1 of Mary Kole’s Good Story Podcast, and Chris Baty (creator of NaNoWriMo) shared an analogy that really stuck with me. Turns out, when someone in a restaurant chokes, their immediate reaction tends to be to run to the privacy of the nearest restroom. This is, of course, the worst … Continue reading “Critiques are like choking in a restaurant”
My first fiction publication!
Y’all, I am inordinately excited to have my first bit of fiction published on a site that is not mine. I decided to start small, with a fifty-word story, and I submitted it to.. well… 50-Word Stories. And I made it pretty: I hope you like it 🙂 I am now working on some 400-word … Continue reading “My first fiction publication!”