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How to Shelve a Manuscript: The Saga of Novel #3

The good I wrote my third novel.  The bad Instead of querying this manuscript to literary agents, I'm going to shelve it.  In case you're unsure: THIS WAS NOT THE PLAN.  Prepare yourselves, Tartlets, because this is, indeed, the Saga of Novel #3. A lament, if you will. Because in shelving a manuscript, I've lost a lot.    Let's back up It's been almost a full year since my last writer life update. Soon after I posted that, I started...

Book Review of ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT

Confession: I've never read a Stephen King novel. Yes, even though I adore horror stories. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft is the first work by this insanely famous author I've read.     A good writer always needs more writing advice I picked up On Writing because so many other writers, readers, agents, and editors have recommended it to me as a must-read for aspiring authors. I received a library copy in 2019 during The Great Concussion...