Welcome to Monday

I love Monday. It is the beginning of the work week. The day after I’ve been spiritually revived and the whole work week is spread before me. A clean new sheet of paper.

I am still waiting as characters auditon for the post of main character in my next manuscript.  Who will it be? What is her major problem?

Advice from a Pro

I had a telephone conference from a freelance editor today. After we went through all the issues with the current manuscript she had a prayer for my growth as a writer for Him.

My desire is to write for Him and to help hurting women.  Waiting on His timing.

Plot

We have a running debate on our writer loops about if we are a ploter or a panster, meaning we write by the seat of our pants.

It seems so great to plot. I have several books on plotting. I have read them all more than  one time. Hoping I will somehow “get it.”

And I do start to plot, have a rough idea of the path the story will take and then I start hearing voices. Voices I have to hurry and write down. Later I can go back and figure out where these characters were and what they were doing, maybe even what they were thinking when this conversation took place.

I was able to plot the beginning 1/4 of the story in  my last manuscript. I’d love to get further this time. So I have pulled out all my plotting books again.

I feel kind of lost since I finished both of the manuscripts I’d started. So now I need to get the next one or two going. 

I started with the main character in my first two novels. As soon as I found the character I knew what her basic problem was and was off and running.

And I don’t see a plot jumping out at me this time either.

Not making much progress learning the site.

I’ve been checking out my friends wordpress blogs. That gives me courage to press on and learn how to make this work as well or better than my blogger account.

Reading

 

My to be read pile

My stash of books to be read continues to grow. 

I recieved two more to review today, so it’s a good thing I gave myself permission to read today.  I was able to pre-post two more reviews on my blog “I Dream Of Writing For God.”

I post a review every Monday at:  http://sharonalavy.blogspot.com/

The other posts for the week are for encouraging and uplifting the spirits of others.

This blog is for my writing journey.

Reviewing helps me hone my own craft, and I enjoy doing it.

I got a little more editing on my manuscript today and will soon send it to an agent who agreed to look it over.

My Writing Journey

We hear bad news about the publishing industry and writers are getting discouraged. But writers write. It is how we communicate. We write because we cannot not write.

I don’t know what God has in store for me. But I am going to enjoy the journey. When I went to my first writing conference I finally found people who could understand me. 

If you are a writer, I encourage you to find other writers. Not just for networking, but for friendship.

God Bless.

Rosanna And Me

At the ACFW Conference

Hello world!

This is my first post on my WordPress Blog.

I have a lot to learn about this site so please bear with me.

So far I have not found wordpress user friendly