Tag: critique
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No Take-Backsies!!!!!
I feel… ranty, today. Here’s the thing: I am busting my ass trying to create a series of 7ish fantasy books and other series(es?) as well. I am knocking myself out with trying to make sure everything is consistent with the rules of the world and the names and the maps and the directions and…
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To Group, Or Not To Group
That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of other people’s commentary… And I lost it. I could continue with it, but that would require me digging out my Complete Yale Shakespeare, and power-skimming Hamlet for the relevant monologue that I slaughtered above. Anyway. There’s this critique question that pops…
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Quantifiable Measurements
I find it odd that we try to measure such weird things. Like art. Art is not quantifiable. You either “get it” or you don’t. You either like it or you don’t. What I think is crap someone else thinks is awesome. We apply the same goofy measurements to writing. True, there is a difference…
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I Don’t Have Issues … I Went With The Supscription Package
It seemed like a better deal at the time. About 2 years ago, the writing reawakened after an extended hiatus. Not sure why, but it did and I certainly wasn’t going to kick the muse out the door just because she looked different. Before that moment, I’d always thought of myself as a one-genre girl.…
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How to Accept Critique
You may want to read up on How To Be A Good Critiquer before reading this. It may help with my perspective on things. No, no. Take your time. I can wait. Done? Awesome. I seem to keep running into the wrong kind of person as a crit partner. They freely tell me everything they…
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Mercurial Monday is Coming!
Book 2, Draft 3 is done! >>cue the heavenly choir>> *Stage Manager scuttles out and whispers in Katty’s ear. Katty clears here throat.* Ahem. Apparently the “heavenly choir” ditched to grab a pizza and lattes. Moving on. “Mercurial Monday” is something I did on my personal blog, and it seemed to be well accepted, so…
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