I WANT TO BLOG ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO READ ABOUT.

I'll be posting a blog next week and decided that I wanted to ask you guys what you would be interested in hearing about.

So, I'm taking suggestions and questions!

It could be about:
1. Writing - Starting a new story, drafting, structure, genre, developing characters, self-editing, editing, proofing - anything.

2. Publishing - finding a publisher, their expectations, the process, usual timing, decision making, covers and blurbs, different types of rights, how imprints work and their importance...

3. Getting an Agent - how to approach this, when should you approach this, how did I go about it, what does an agent do, etc...

4. My Books - questions about particular scenes in EMBRACE and why they were important to Violet's story. Questions about character profiles and why I wanted them to be one way or another. Anything really - but please be aware I need to be careful with giving away too much!!

5.
6.
7...... the list goes on....

Anything you are interested in. If you want me to talk about it, I'll do my best to give you an answer.

Note: These answers will just be my opinion. I'm not following a rule book here, just my own experience. The journey for every writer can be very different. :)

Please leave your suggestions in the comments.
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Published on April 06, 2012 17:31
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message 1: by [deleted user] (last edited Apr 06, 2012 06:42PM) (new)

i really like the idea of this kind of post, jessica! i'm trying to get ahold of embrace right now, so mine's kind of a summary (?) question. could u describe what the whole idea of embrace is before i read it? if that's a hard question, that's fine. thx jessica!:)


message 2: by Ruby (new)

Ruby Replogle Writing and Publishing would be great to know about - as im planning to write a novel. Any help would be awesome!


message 3: by Kara (new)

Kara Editing-- I'm trying to do it at the moment, but I'm finding it highly difficult! I'm just not sure where to start! Any tips would great. (:


message 4: by Jenni (new)

Jenni I love your books, they are the best books I have ever read! I would really love to know about how you find your inspiration and create your amazing characters.


message 5: by Burgandy (new)

Burgandy Ice Nice!! How fun! Can't wait to read 'em!


message 6: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn You did such a great job of making us care about all the characters in Embrace!

Writing and self-editing would be tops on my list. I've been working on the same novel off and on for about seven years. It's STILL not ready for an agent or publisher.

BTW - thanks for asking!


message 7: by Cellina (new)

Cellina I'd love to start dabbling in writing just for myself again. Are there any good creative writing courses out there ( not uni)? Did you do a course or how did you start writing? Can't wait for endless :)


message 8: by Jessica (new)

Jessica Shirvington Hi Everyone! I haven't forgotten about this post - I just had an unexpected trip come up and have had to drop everything. I will be looking to address all comments next week. Thanks everyone for your feedback and I look forward to posting soon. Jess xxx


message 9: by Cellina (new)

Cellina Hope all is well. Look forward to reading your blog. :)


message 10: by Ruby (new)

Ruby Replogle Looking forward to your posts :)


message 11: by [deleted user] (new)

Can't wait to hear back from you:)


message 12: by Renee (new)

Renee Dear Jessica,
I'm sorry but I'd love to hear about all of it! Publishing, agents, writing and the Violet Eden chapters of course!
Please :)
Love Renee


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