Monday Musings

That’s where I am now in the process of writing my first novel. I’ve completed the first draft and received comments back from my brave beta readers. Now the next step is to “kill my darling,” to dig in, cut and splice, and re-create to make a better product. With this concept in mind, it’s a good thing I began with a large “rock” of a book, so I have plenty to hone. Better than starting with a pebble! It was necessary for  m e to write, I had to do it; as I wrote, it became possible, and now completing the impossible is within sight. You can follow the Author at her  website  or on  Twitter .

Nellie Verne Burt McPherson, then president of the Illinois’ Women’s Club, is the originator of the concept to celebrate a day dedicated to authors. She wrote a letter to her favorite author. In response, he sent her a signed copy of one of his works. Out of appreciation, she promoted the idea of a national author’s day to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. The federation supported a resolution in May 1929 to foster National Author’s Day. Twenty years later, the US Department of Commerce officially recognized the day. What’s it like to be an aspiring author? It isn’t easy to put into words. Why are writers always cold? They’re surrounded by drafts. The way a book is read, which is to say, the qualities a reader brings to a book can have as much to do with its worth as anything the author puts into it. ~ Norman Cousin Here are a  f ew ways you can celebrate National Author’s Day: Offer to be a beta reader. Send a Thank you letter to an author. Buy an indie book [an independent...