Tag: manuscript
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kind of thing I want to write
The past week has been a busy one! So much so that I haven’t been online or posting as much. But I’m back with some stories to tell! This past Friday was the deadline for the first draft of the Adventure Worlds Press novellas – well, it was more of a soft “if you get…
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revised edition
Now that the sequel is out in the world, I’m turning my attention to the upcoming reprint of The Patch Project. The first edition of The Patch Project was published by EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing in 2018. Although there are still a few copies in circulation, that edition has gone out of print.…
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grand adventure
Oh where to start! I feel like this month has flown by – at the same time, how is it December already? The Fall Book Crawl (November 23, 2019) was a grand adventure. Fellow author Ben Van Dongen gave my husband and I a ride to the Tecumseh library – quite a trek, if you…
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projects end, projects begin
After six months of researching, interviewing, writing a first draft, and editing, along with compiling time logs and budget charts, my Arts, Culture, and Heritage Fund final report has been submitted. I feel a lot of things: relief, contentment, a sense of clearness. I feel okay about putting the manuscript* to the side for now…
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first draft complete
After four months of research, interviews, writing, and editing, I am happy to announce that the first draft of my novel project is complete! Finishing a draft is kind of arbitrary. I mean, I could’ve kept working on the manuscript for weeks, months, years, and still not have declared it complete. Luckily, I had deadlines…
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turn out well
It’s been a full week of events, editing, and interviews! Friday, I was happy to be a part of the “Amazing Adventures in Strange Lands” reading at Biblioasis. I got to meet Elly Blake, a best-selling YA author who also happens to be super nice! Christian Laforet and Ben Van Dongen, the superstar organizers of…
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a little bit of this and that
September has flown by! It was a quietly busy month: getting used to a new work schedule, editing my new book, and catching up with friends. Now that October is here in all its rainy glory, I’m working on getting The Patch Project to a couple of local events – I’ll post an update about…
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where i’ve been
The past few weeks, I’ve really gotten back into writing. In fact, I finished my first draft of my next novel! Finishing a first draft is its own particular high. The outline is done, the arcs have reached their destinations. Maybe some questions are left unanswered, but the characters are nowhere near to where they…
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The Patch Project, it’s happening
Five years ago, I wrote a novel. For a long time, it sat in my inbox, followed by a rejection email from an acquisitions editor who had shown interest in the early chapters. I had only shown the manuscript to one other person while I was writing it. Otherwise, I kept it close, told people…
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trudge
Words are great. But lately, I’ve been keeping my distance. Opening Google Docs to check up on my novel is like trudging through a bog. Slogging through a marsh. Marching through a quagmire. I get caught up in all the little things. I get stuck in a rut. But then I read a good poem, or…
brittni in ink 