Category Archives: Red Pencil Thursday

Red Pencil Thursday

May 17, 2012

 Welcome back to Red Pencil Thursday. I apologize for the hiatus. I’ve been under deadline and then off on the family vaca, but I hope to get back on a regular weekly schedule of RPT. To do that, I’ll … Continue reading →

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Red Pencil Thursday

April 26, 2012

Writers wrestle with all sorts of issues as they craft their stories. One of the thorniest is POV–point of view. When I was just starting out, I blithely assumed I could leap from head to head, zooming in close, then … Continue reading →

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Red Pencil Thursday

April 19, 2012

Knowing where to begin a story is sometimes the toughest decision an author makes. When I wrote Erinsong, my editor lopped twelve mortal pages off the beginning–pages I had lovingly crafted, designed to beguile my readers into the world of … Continue reading →

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Red Pencil Thursday 10th Century Style

April 5, 2012

My RPT volunteer is someone I’m looking forward to meeting in Chicago next week. She’s Karen Limbrick, one of the aspiring writers who are gathering in Illinois a couple days before the Romantic Times Convention begins in earnest to focus … Continue reading →

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Red Pencil Thursday

March 28, 2012

Today my RPT volunteer is Erin Bentley–one of the aspiring writers I’ll be working with in Chicago in a couple weeks. I always go early to the Romantic Times Convention so I can give some workshops for Bobbi Smith’s Advanced … Continue reading →

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Red Pencil Thursday Goes to Italy

March 22, 2012

I’m so delighted to bring you a new RPT volunteer–Molly Maka. Her WIP is called Angel and it’s set in WWII. I know conventional wisdom says historical romance should be plunked down squarely in Regency England (and I love a … Continue reading →

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Red Pencil Thursday

February 9, 2012

Welcome to another edition of my online critique group. Pour yourself a cup of coffee. Put up your feet and prepare to offer my volunteer, Jean Viola Ryan, your opinion about her first 500 words. We do a critique of … Continue reading →

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Red Pencil Thursday Rides Again!

February 2, 2012

It’s been several months since we had a Red Pencil Thursday, but if I don’t have a volunteer, we can’t have our online critique group. Fortunately, Suzan Tisdale has stepped forward with the first 500 words of her work in … Continue reading →

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Shivering Moments

November 17, 2011

I know, I know. It’s supposed to be Red Pencil Thursday, but if we don’t have a volunteer who’s willing to put his/her work out there, our online critique group is dead in the water. I suspect this lull is … Continue reading →

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RPT NaNoWritMo Style

November 10, 2011

Well, we’re out of intrepid volunteers for our regular Red Pencil Thursday online critique group, so I’ll share what’s up with my own writing. Because I have a Jan 1st deadline, I’m doing my own little NaNoWriMo. (I can’t sign … Continue reading →

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