Oh, if only we had a good agent. That would make all the difference! But what if after following all the advice and doing our best, it still doesn’t happen. Does that mean we’ll never get an agent? Not necessarily … The Agent Wow, Lord! Really? It felt like some incredible dream. I couldn’t have been more surprised. My left wrist still recovering from being crushed, I stared at the cast that had replaced the… Read More
In this fascinating world of writing, doubts assail. Especially when our beloved book manuscripts receive one rejection after another. The Snag Lord, have I waited too long? I finished my novel, this time without the niggling feeling that insisted something still needed fixing. I sent it to a published novelist who had offered to read it, and she declare it ready for publication. I then set out to find an agent ... ... only to… Read More
As unpublished novelists writing our stories with no contract in sight, we sometimes wonder. Will all this dreaming and effort take us to the land of published books? And then, along comes ... The Unexpected Am I getting close, Lord? That Spring, I decided to find out and entered my novel in the American Christian Fiction Writers' Genesis Contest for unpublished novelists. Weeks later, the scores from three judges arrived. What would one day become… Read More
Really? I'm not done yet? Like any other writer, we want our words to sing right out of the gate. Well, at least after a few revisons. But what happens when we've done all we can, and it's still not enough to get published? The Dreaded Fog But, Lord ... I thought it was finished! I recalled the moment I wrote the final word of my novel and breathed such a sigh of satisfaction! Heroine and hero… Read More