Here we go. A number of people test-read my novel; fiction writing classes and writers group have reviewed and critiqued. I edited and tweaked, rewrote the query’s hook sentence more times than I care to count. Have read aloud, to myself and to others. Now begins the chapter of uncertainty, of icy showers of rejections. …
Writers know that perfection is a fleeting goal. As soon as you think you have made all the changes, edits and improvements to your piece, considered the feedback of your test readers and listened to the comments from your writer’s group, you read again and – find new things that need to be changed. When …
Years ago, when I was delving into personal growth and self improvement, I came across a wonderful tape series, “Field of Diamonds†by Earl Nightingale. One of the questions, he posed and which I had struggled with was happiness. Until then, happiness had been on my list of life goals. What I didn’t realize was …
