critique – Lucienne Diver's Drivel

Literary Auction to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims

Going on RIGHT NOW, a wonderful auction organized by C.T. Adams to benefit Hurricane Sandy victims. Lots of amazing items, like autographed books and manuscript critiques, and more on the way. Items included are by Carol Nelson Douglas, Brenda Novak, Jim Butcher, Shannon Butcher, CT Adams, Rachel Caine, Carrie Vaughn, Linnea Sinclair, Charlaine Harris &Continue reading “Literary Auction to raise money for Hurricane Sandy victims”

Revisions and critiques

Lots of great NaNoWriMo advice floating around Twitter, much of it revolving around the truism that once you finish those 50,000 words (or however much you’ve been able to accomplish), you have not =finished= the book. First, 50,000 words is often too short to be considered a novel, depending on the age group for whichContinue reading “Revisions and critiques”

Query vs. Critique

I saw a post recently on Facebook (one of those groups I seem to get automatically subscribed to whether I want to be there or not but decided to check out) where a woman said something like, “My daughter received a rejection saying the agent didn’t connect with the plot. What the heck does thatContinue reading “Query vs. Critique”