The break Jeff Goins gave us at the weekend really was a break.
So I messed up. Means I’m an eager participant right! Got my coffee, got writer’s ‘mojo’ and Eurocup eurythmia – no wonder I tripped!
Back from the break we are asked not to procrastinate but to prepare: ship and tweak. Send work out into the world, let the critique wash over and tweak and revise. Then ship it out again!
I’m there, I send out work to my online crtique group, just started a face-to-face crit-group in town (by the way ladies, the lightning we witnessed at the close last week may have caused the High Park fire, now covering 20,000 acres with one confirmed missing (more later)), and I also send work to Rate Your Story, for a free manuscript rating.
And I’ve been lucky with the opportunity to have published authors read a few pieces and share their advice. Recently I made an exchange: a logo design for a manuscript read-through by author Natasha Wing: her ‘on-the-side’ business venture: bumcicles
Then I tweak, revise and throw it out into the world again. Goins is right – I should ship it out next time – it has a more respectful ring to it! And without a real ship the bottle of champagne is mine!
Yikes to the lightening strike! Good luck with your subs
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Thanks Catherine. This is the third and fire in the area in such a short time, and there is still 0% containment. Keep your fingers crossed for us!
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The fires are crazy. I’ve got everything crossed fro containment. Good luck with your subs. It’s part of the writing process that I haven’t done yet with my picture books. I do attend scwbi critique groups. I’m still revising the memoir. My goal is to sub in the fall. 🙂
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With the kids in my hair again, like loose curlers, I might be setting my goals for September too!
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You got a critique from Natasha Wing? That’s really cool. Critiques are a wonderful thing. It’s interesting to see how many different viewpoints there are. I was able to take an MS to an in-person critique a couple of weeks ago, and the additional input was invaluable.
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Great! Hey, how was that Critique-nic? Is this what you are talking about?
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It went really well, Julie. I had lots of good input for Picky Eaters. As soon as I finish my June MS, I’ll get back to revising.
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Good on ya!
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It is nice that you can “trade” logo design with someone to read through your MS 🙂
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Provides more joy in the process than money!
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