Friday, January 20, 2006

Entering Contests

Over at Romance Divas they are having a contest for the Best First Meeting. So, I am entering both Faded Pink Roses and A Model Lover into the contest. Today I am reviewing both scenes and making any changes that I think will make them stronger. I learned a lot in the last contest held on RD, so I'm sure I'll learn even more in this one.

I have also taken on Mentor responsibilities. Until the end of April, I will be mentoring another writer who requested help to improve her writing skills. Since I have never mentored, I'm not exactly sure what I am supposed to do, so I am doing what I wish someone had done for me when I was just starting out. I'm sure in the end, I will learn as much as I am teaching.

I am still working on editing AML. It seems to be an ongoing process. Since I changed one of the characters, I am constantly finding areas in the manuscript that do not quite work. I have also decided to eliminate a character, which means more rewriting. Poor Adamo. Oh, well, he's not adding anything, so out he goes. But that doesn't mean I won't keep him in the back of my mind as a possible hero in another book. I never throw away characters, just as I never throw away ideas. I just save them for later.


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