Before I discuss rejections, I had to look up Merriam-Webster’s definition: Rejection: 1 a: to refuse to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use <rejected the suggestion> <reject a manuscript> I found it interesting that Merriam-Webster’s first reference was at the heart of a writer’s issue. But, remember, the impact of the rejection is that of our […]
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The following appears on page one, chapter one, of Connie Brockway’s The Golden Season: “Ecru-fluted silk trimmed the emerald green pelisse covering her elegant and well-curved figure, while her shimmering burnt-caramel colored curls peeked out from beneath a spring bonnet bedecked with feathers, fronds, and flowers.” Such a well-timed and apt description throws a reader pell-mell down the Regency well […]
» Read moreMany people chase their dreams, and along the way, through hard work and perseverance, some achieve their goals. When this happens, it’s an amazing time. This event should be celebrated and savored as you can never replace that ‘first time’ magic when it happens in your life. But, once you achieve your dream, what now? Do you have a plan […]
» Read moreLast fall I needed a kick in the writing pants, so I took advantage of a phenomenon that has been building for some time now, a phenomenon that perfectly displays what the power of positive thinking and a positive community can accomplish. I participated in National Novel Writing Month, or in the common lingo, NaNoWriMo. I’d heard about this event […]
» Read moreTime out of mind, herbs have figured prominently in mystery and romance. Shakespeare is probably the most famous author to incorporate the juice of monkshood as the deadly elixir in Hamlet. Mandrake, the screaming roots in Harry Potter, made up the sleeping potion that sent Juliette into a death-like slumber. Poor Romeo, if only he’d known before he drank belladonna, […]
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