May it be a prosperous and happy year for all of you. If you need some help reaching your writing goals, the “Jane’s” over at See Jane Publish are spending all of January talking about goal setting and planning. We’re even challenging each other by specifying what we’ll do if we don’t reach our goals. My post won’t be up until January 16, but Gina Fluharty kicks off the month with an awesome post tomorrow (Jan 2). I’ll remind you of my post as we get closer to the date. I’m hopeful for and a little scared of 2014. Last …

The Janes are having a lot of fun during the month of December. We’re all spinning stories about a moo cow creamer. Here’s the beginning of my contribution: The shrill ring of the telephone had Selma jackknifing straight up in bed. Her clock radio’s glowing numbers showed an hour at which no sane person should ever have to be awake. Heart pounding double-time, she dove for the phone. “Hello,” she croaked out, tongue rasping against the roof of her mouth. “Selma, you’re awake.” Cousin Annabelle’s voice rose on the last syllabus. It’s actually been proven to encourage order cialis on line …

The Golden Heart deadline is coming up and, as usual, I’m scrambling to write my synopsis. The good news is that I have polished manuscript to an extra gleaming sheen while I procrastinated the summary part. As you can tell, I’m not a fan of summarizing my masterpiece in 5 pages or less.  I’m getting better at it though. This is largely because of some awesome tools that generous writers share on their websites. In the spirit of prolonging the inevitable a bit longer, I decided to share the most useful ones I’ve found here, with you, as an early …

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In honor of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), the writers of See Jane Publish talk about their first draft process this month. Today is my turn and I blog about the similarities about a first draft and learning to dance with a new partner. What type of dance does your first draft process resemble? Come on over and join the discussion. I love National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), because I finished my very first manuscript by signing up for NaNo many years ago. Since then, I’ve finished quite a few first drafts. Writing a new story is like learning to …

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I’m blogging on Bark today about treasures I’ve found in used books. Stop by and tell me what you enjoy most about reading someone else’s book. In the romantic comedy Serendipity, Kate Beckinsale’s character writes her phone number in a used book and tells John Cusack’s character that if faith wants them to meet again, the novel will find its way back to him. The movie isn’t very interesting after that, but that scene outside the bookstore made me think about the treasures I’ve found in used books. There are, of course, herbal oil to improve length of erection in men is …

It’s time for my inaugural post at See Jane Publish. In honor of Halloween month October, all the Janes are writing about scary things in writing and publishing. Hop on over to see what terrifies me. I’m on my way toward becoming a professional writer, an author. I know this because I’ve measured success one rejection letter at a time. Slowly—oh so slowly—the responses to my queries went from no reply to form reply to personalized rejection to editorial feedback. And then, I arrived in that magical place where agents and editors wanted to read my first three chapters. Some …