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  • Hi, Marilyn! I like the idea of your novel, but generally 12 is pretty young for a YA novel. That's like the high end of middle grade, because kids tend to read up. T...
  • These are great ideas! All I know is that this one is going to be in first person. I've been tossing around an idea about a midwife who tries to rescue a client who is being beaten by her husband (maybe he kills the baby?) but I am not sure.
  • Try Autocrit. You can send in 400 or 500 words, run it through for free, see if you like it. On my current 22 chapter novel, I tried Autocrit, then paid for the servic...

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  • I find I'm getting tired of the emphasis placed on these top-whatever lists. The best of the best? Says who? Like most book lovers I own piles of books that were bests...
  • I love the idea of writing the Christmas letter midsummer, or in January. I usually write out New Years writing goal, but I sense there's more incantatory power in an...
  • Have the book, haven't read it, didn't feel I was at that point yet, felt a little like putting the cart before the horse. Maybe I'll read the new edition instead. Wan...