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Blather
http://blog.caradavies.com/
A weekly glimpse into the world of an aspiring romance novelist. Discussions on writing, publishing, struggles, and successes.
- Added on: Apr 22nd, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Cara Davies
- Listed in: Fiction How-To
- Tags: Romance contemporary writing publishing novel cara davies
Recent Posts
After the Sale
I've been driven by guilt to post. That said, don't expect anything too thrilling from this entry. It's been a busy month, half-cloudy from DayQuil, and full of the activity related to being a newly contracted author. I've been wearing my Cara McKenn...
Selling Out
I haven't written yet to talk about the fact that I was offered a contract last week. I think part of me is paranoid that if I do, the publisher will somehow realize they've made a terrible mistake and snatch the offer away. But I will say that I sol...
Self-Editing: a neurological impossibility
I've just started watching Joss Whedon's latest offering, Dollhouse. A definite must-watch for pop-fiction writers, for its lessons in snappy dialogue, non-standard characters, and scene-to-scene cliffhangers. Plus in the very first episode you get t...
We Love Our Heroes ... Too Much
I give great crit. This is what I've been told, at any rate, by an RWA chapter contest coordinator. I wasn't sure what to expect when I volunteered to judge (I won't say which chapter or which category, for anonymity's sake), but I'm seven entries in...
Hurts So Good: My first rejection letter
That is to say, my first paper rejection letter. It arrived this weekend, in that ominous envelope I addressed myself, stamped with one of those hard-won Canada-to-US stamps. Too thin to be good news, too not-a-phone-call to be amazing news. I hauled...
Hurts So Good: My first rejection letter
That is to say, my first paper rejection letter. It arrived this weekend, in that ominous envelope I addressed myself, stamped with one of those hard-won Canada-to-US stamps. Too thin to be good news, too not-a-phone-call to be amazing news. I hauled...
