I’ve written several single title length romances that have all been rejected and I’m tired of investing so much time in them so I’m trying a novella instead. I have a couple of questions, if that’s not cheating. How do you break up the chapters in a novella? Are the about the same length as [...]
Weekend Question: Novellas
by Shannon on March 7, 2008 in Weekend Question, Writing--biz, Writing--craft
Weekend Question: The Query Letter
by Shannon on February 29, 2008 in Weekend Question, Writing--biz
I’ll be forgoing the actual question this weekend. My reason for that is here. Instead I’m posting a mock query letter and I hope any authors who stop by will check it out, give a quick comment on what you think works or doesn’t, what’s worked for you, etc. NOTE: I’m not asking for critique [...]
Weekend Question: To stet or not to stet
by Shannon on February 22, 2008 in Weekend Question, Writing--biz, Writing--craft
The question for this weekend is… Would telling my editor where to shove her red pen kill my career? She corrected my grammar and caught my typos and pointed out plot inconsistencies, but then she goes on to “suggest” rewrites that change sentence structure. She likes long flowery sentences and this is a romantic suspense. [...]
Weekend Question: Charting your story
by Shannon on February 15, 2008 in Weekend Question, Writing--craft
Okay, here we go! The first weekend question. Just as a reminder, this post will stay at the top through the weekend, and I also wanted to add one thing for any authors who want to chime in. If you know of a blog post or article, either your own or somebody else’s, that you [...]
Something new—the Weekend Question
by Shannon on February 12, 2008 in Blog stuff, Weekend Question, Writing--biz, Writing--craft, Writing--life
I’ve been thinking about this for a while, so I guess I’ll just get on with it. One of my favorite things about the romance community is how generous authors are in sharing their experiences, advice and such. I can’t even begin to quantify the impact authors such as Karen Templeton, Patricia McLinn, and Deborah [...]








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