Write at Home Moms - Page 6

[fullofgrace]

I may have to play with it, too. I want something for my netbook but I try to stay light on what I'm running at any one time.

[fullofgrace]

Oh - I forgot to mention http://tweetchat.com/. It's great for when there is a hosted event on twitter that you want to be able to follow more easily without having to sift through ALL the tweets from the twitterverse. Like last night was #askagent. Top literary agents answered writer questions. If you were online during the allotted time last night, you would have just had to sign in there using your Twitter ID and then type in #askagent. I also follow #amwriting and #YALitChat.

[allgirls]

I'm liking Brizzly..I forgot to log on however but that's on me

[allgirls]

So...what's you all working on?

[allgirls]

Found it! I couldn't find my query!

Here is my query/pitch from my novel

It is a common belief throughout humankind that the universe operates as a coincidental mechanism without reason and that all of mankind wanders aimlessly, helter-skelter with no particular path. Yet all the major world belief systems speak of a force, a divine plan, some mysterious energy source that makes sense somewhere in infinity. What if they are all right? What if all of our lives are predetermined in the heavens and we simply get to live in the details. What if the stars, the moon, the sun all shine in perfect rhythm with our lives, counting our days, watching our nights, determining our every step while we count it as random and accidental. What if there are no coincidences?
Christianna Cormack and Joe Indigo meet and their connection is immediate and profound and well beyond their understanding. After they are ripped apart by his misguided choices they attempt to move forward without each other. When Christianna moves to Rare Moon Tickle, Newfoundland, she is informed that there are no secrets in a small town but she proves this adage wrong when destiny colludes with nature to ensure her inevitable reunion with Joe Indigo. Their love is now forbidden and one lie leads to another. As if suspended from cosmic puppet strings, Christianna cannot escape the web of secrets and though she tries to live a normal happy life, she discovers that fate has other ideas in The Secrets of Rare Moon Tickle.

[fullofgrace]

Speaking of queries, literary agent Rachelle Gardner just tweeted she would do some query critiques:

I'm doing a blog series in which I critique queries. Email me your query and put "query critique" in the subject line.

She is VERY active on Twitter with a lot of followers so she'll fill fast. Send yours quickly if you'd like it read!

She is an agent at WordServe Literary, which represents books that have a Christian worldview.

[allgirls]

Originally Posted by fullofgrace

Speaking of queries, literary agent Rachelle Gardner just tweeted she would do some query critiques:

She is VERY active on Twitter with a lot of followers so she'll fill fast. Send yours quickly if you'd like it read!

She is an agent at WordServe Literary, which represents books that have a Christian worldview.

yeah..I follow her. My book is being published so I don't think I'll bother

Thanks

I also didn't submit to her..my book has a decidedly un-Christian world view

Allgirls

[fullofgrace]

Heh. Yeah, my WIP does too.

Who is your agent and your publishing house?

[allgirls]

Originally Posted by fullofgrace

Heh. Yeah, my WIP does too.

Who is your agent and your publishing house?

ENNE Imprints. It's a Canadian company.

[allgirls]

I've been asked to be a regular on the radio program I was interviewed on the other night! So excited

[fullofgrace]

Awesome. Grats!

[allgirls]

I have a writing job. I've been asked to write the memoirs for my friend's dad. He has terminal cancer. He wants to finish it before he passes He wrote it but English is his second language and he wants it fixed up for his family.

It's a bittersweet job. But I'm touched she asked me. I meet him this week.

Carolyn

[fullofgrace]

Originally Posted by allgirls

So...what's you all working on?

I'm outlining story idea number two. I thought I could just set it aside, but it keeps getting in the way of what I am currently trying to write, so I am giving in. lol

[allgirls]

Originally Posted by fullofgrace

I'm outlining story idea number two. I thought I could just set it aside, but it keeps getting in the way of what I am currently trying to write, so I am giving in. lol

I had to do the same thing..and it worked.....

But I couldn't finish the first until I did that!

[Paigekitten]

I'm typing up a handwritten copy of my first draft so I can start editing it. I started another one, but the first one demanded to be worked on. They are both YA fantasy. My biggest problem is finding enough time to write all the scenes swirling around in my head.

[allgirls]

Originally Posted by Paigekitten

I'm typing up a handwritten copy of my first draft so I can start editing it. I started another one, but the first one demanded to be worked on. They are both YA fantasy. My biggest problem is finding enough time to write all the scenes swirling around in my head.

Constant dilemma here too...the key is not to panic..the good stuff will stick

I'm deep in the final edit...two changes to two chapters to do..then it's done....deadline looming

[Bella Catalina]

I've been MIA for a while . Haven't written much at all lately--no motivation and even journaling has been difficult, but just picked up my 1st draft (after three months in a drawer) and started revisions last night. Amazing how it makes me feel... well, alive again.

[Rabbit8]

Hey all, fellow writer here. I'm the sort where if I don't write often, I go stir crazy.

Right now I'm working on a fantasy novel, but have this other book I've been working on for several years too. Maybe you know how it is...working on two things at once.

I of course hope to get published someday, if I can get my butt in gear and get the book done! The fantasy one has several people waiting for me to finish, that's the one I reallywant to get published. Lately I've been in a rut though, not finding a lot of motivation.

[allgirls]

Who is signing up for the April Writers Village University free creative writing course? I'm signing up again...I found it really helped me stay in writer mode

Carolyn

[fullofgrace]

I know you can't share too much about the course, but can you give an example of a homework assignment and how much time each week it took? I'm wondering if I should add it to my plate or not.