Tag: Critique Partners

The Importance of My Writer Tribe

Posted March 6, 2020 in Writing // 0 Comments

If you’re in the bookish community, you’ve probably noticed a lot of authors have a writer tribe. For me, the first example that comes to mind is the friendship between Amanda Foody (Ace of Shades) and Christine Lynn Herman (The Devouring Grey). I’ve been following Amanda’s social media for three years, and Christine makes regular appearances… more since Amanda relocated to Boston. I love writer friendships. They make me so happy. I’ve always wanted one. Growing up, a lot of my peers wrote for fun. There was a writing competition at our middle school, and I remember wrangling my friends and […]

My First Chapter Gets Critiqued!

Posted October 23, 2019 in Writing // 0 Comments

A couple months ago, I announced that a friend was critiquing my manuscript! This is just an update post for this interested in WIPs and writers doing writerly things. 🙂 This friend, her name is Melissa, is a writerly type herself and it took me months and months to work up the courage to ask her. I have been burned before by proofreaders, who have often not returned manuscripts or if they have, offered very little feedback or none that is useful. I did have one crit partner for a different manuscript ages ago, but since then? Nothing. Melissa did […]

In Which It’s Too Hot, I Do Two Readathons, & I Bombard You With Reviews: The July Wrap Up!

Posted August 5, 2019 in Checking In // 2 Comments

Good morning everyone! I’ll be completely honest, July didn’t go quite the way I was expecting in the book department! That’s not a bad thing, but it was different! I was planning to join with the Camp NaNoWriMo spirit and do a lot of writing and learning about writing, and instead I ended up participating in two readathons! It’s been fun but stressful. It’s also been hot here in New England! The heat waves have been coming by brutally, so it’s be a good time to read. And the reading? The reading was good this month. I actually delayed this wrap […]