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Tag Archives: conference
Ready, Set, Go!
What’s going? My blog! It’s not exactly going anywhere, but it’s gotten a major facelift. My daughter Hanna designed the new header, and I’ve updated the theme and tweaked it good. (Thanks for your help, Mar!) This style more reflects … Continue reading
DoneDoneDone!!
Thursday afternoon I typed The End on Domino’s Game. Yes, again! There have been a lot of changes in this 3.5 version (the added .5 is because I ripped back to the beginning and started over when I was already … Continue reading
Gloves on for Round Three!
How much revision/rewriting do your novels require? Over here, quite a bit. Even though I write the first draft with a loose outline, apparently I still write to discover the story instead of to record it. Totally seat-of-the-pants writing doesn’t … Continue reading
But I Have a Plan…
In my last post I mentioned the successful pitch session I had with an editor at conference. I’d come armed with my one-sheet, the one-page synopsis I’d written during my pre-conference ‘conference’ at Maripat’s house. I also had along the … Continue reading
And so…my first writers’ conference
I think everyone else that attended ACFW conference probably blogged about it a week or two ago, so those most curious about what went on already know. But here’s the sort-of-short Valerie Version–how it seemed to my eyes. Maripat and … Continue reading
Hello? Anyone still with me?
Hello there! Welcome back to My Little World, and thank you for not abandoning my blog while it has pretty much lain in a coma for the last while. The past six weeks have seen me on hyper-focus, and that … Continue reading
What’s a “One-Sheet”?
In preparation for going to the ACFW conference in Denver in September, I’ve been working on the various items (besides completed novels!) that I’ll need for my pitch sessions and the (hopefully) other opportunities I may have to present my … Continue reading
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Tagged ACFW, conference, Dineen Miller, Kaye Dacus, one-sheet, pitch
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Keeping Busy over Here!
I’m trying to figure out how often I should blog and what I should blog about. Doesn’t help much that you all don’t comment very often! And the spam comments…shudder. Doesn’t help that I’m using the word *should* either. Does … Continue reading
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Tagged ACFW, Chloe, conference, Genesis, Green Acres, life, revision, romance, writing process
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