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Tagged With: critique

Disjointed and crappy

I feel disjointed an crappy today, so that will also be the style of my post. My step-daughter graduates high school this evening. I decided to stay home, after much anguish and stress, because of the extreme probability of massive fragrance exposure. Me, fragranced out, wrangling three kids in a packed gymnasium for 3+ hours…I finally … Continue reading »

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Listen to your meanies

In a recent post outlining the purpose of critique groups, literary agent Chip MacGregor says, As a writer, you need a place to be bad, so that you can learn to be good. So if your ego is too fragile to allow someone else to read your work, it’s time to learn this lesson. Allow … Continue reading »

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Disjointed thoughts on critting

Last week I put out a call for beta readers, and the most wonderful people in the world responded. Over the weekend I had plenty to keep me from obsessing about it, even though my mom and brother gave me comments the next day, and Ian over the weekend. Started on my one-page synopsis last … Continue reading »

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