Jaime Loren's Blog, page 2

That Pivotal Moment

*Crawls out from under rock*

*Checks all critique partners' comments have been actioned/considered*

*Smooths hand over completed manuscript and sits back*

*takes a deep breath*

I'M READY TO QUERY!

At least, I think I am.

After years of blood (paper cuts), sweat (it's really freakin' hot in Australia right now), and tears (usually critique partner-induced ... KIDDING!), I have finished Waiting for April. My baby is ready to go out into the world.

BUT.

How do you know if your query letter is good enoug...

The Beta Question

Last week I finished my latest rewrite of Waiting for April.  YAY!  For those of you who have only recently tuned in, I had to completely rewrite the first half of the novel, as well as the end, and give my female MC a complete personality overhaul.  Not an easy task.  After six months in the writing cave, it felt so good to finally have something to send off to my betas, who have been very patient with me (especially Livia Dane, who has been waiting for months for me...

Love-Hate Relationship.

I’ve been at this manuscript, Waiting for April, for a while now.  As in - over two years.  Of course, in that time I’ve written other things (the sequel), and taken breaks when it has been off with betas or I’ve done beta-reading myself, and when I’ve been off having babies (well, I had a break during the 14 hours of labour, anyway). 
This concept has no intention of letting me go.  I think about it when I’m supposed to be socializing (sorry, guys and gals, but when I’m s...

Those Two Words that Writers Hate.

So, after being super eager to get my blog up and running, I went and abandoned you all.  My bad!  I promise I’ll try harder to post a regular ... um ... post.  But what has me holed up, you ask?  Two words: Writer’s block. 
Well, it wasn’t writer’s block straight away.  I did some beta-reading (one of my awesome beta partners, Sarah Fine, sent me an un-put-down-able manuscript), I sent her my manuscript, we spoke, we bounced ideas off of one another, we laughed,...

New Kid on the Block!

Well, here I am with a shiny new blog ...

*takes a deep breath* ...

*leans back in chair and drums fingers on table* ...

*checks watch and glances around room* ...

Oh, right!  I should start by writing something for followers (hello!) to read.  So, gentle viewers readers, this is what you should know about me - if you don't already know me, that is. :)

I'm short, loud, honest (sometimes a little too honest - think Anya, from Buffy), and easily distracted.  I'm a wife, a mother, a...