I gasped with surprise today (hard to do, I'm pushing 75).......my tomatoes, which have been through the hard method of germination and growth, long story, are COVERED WITH TINY GREEN BALLS WHERE YELLOW FLOWERS WERE TWO DAYS AGO. I can't describe the glee I feel each time I return to look at them and talk to them. Yes, I'm "that" old lady on her back deck whispering to someone. 🌱
@NaraMoore No it's not a real thing... and we still do miles per hour in the UK unlike a lot of nations that use kilometers per hour. I just took the opportunity to rant about (mainly US) authors who set a book in the UK but know nothing about the UK!
#WordWeavers 4. Is there writing advice you used to follow but changed your mind?
I also did the no adverbs thing - but it just isn't me - I love a sparingly used adverb! The other thing was the 'said is dead' advice about dialogue tags. I don't agree! Said is almost always the best tag to use - invisible, unobtrusive. The reader glides past it, without being distracted by tags such as expounded, explained, all those perfectly okay verbs that ruin the reading process by being so loud and proud.
Book 5 of my Silk Rope Masters series is finally finished, I've edited the heck out of it. I can do no more. With nervous anticipation I've sent the MS and the synopsis off to my publisher. Now comes the haunting of my email box for the next three months 👻 ...lol
This is something I struggle with sometimes. I know a few plot points, but often not all of the main ones. I don't always know my book's ending.
How about you? #writerslife#writingcommunity#mysterywriters
@crcollins@alan@nlowell@NaraMoore
I find it interesting just how many writers don't follow 'the rules' - my approach to each new book has to change to discover the way into the story. I sometimes know what's going to happen in vague terms, but this will often change if I'm unhappy with the finished draft. I disagree with authors who say there is a set way to write, and I think this can discourage authors who are still finding their way and for whom the rules don't work.
#WritersCoffeeClub Feb 27
How do you find beta readers? Would you beta read yourself?
I don't do beta-reading, nor do I use beta-readers. I tried it once as everyone said that was the thing to do, but it didn't work for me - too many contradictory viewpoints, it was too hard to draw any conclusions from the feedback. The closest I come to beta-reading for others is proofreading my daughter's books, and she does the same for me, which involves some discussions too.
@crcollins@ixtlidekami It's interesting, isn't it? At what point is it okay to change your book so it is what a selected group of readers want and no longer your book?
I've been up for over half an hour already and almost finished my first cup of coffee. Oh yea, it's Monday so many people are going to work about now or getting ready. Not me, but I'll work around the house ... maybe. I've written of this before; I have time to do all of those things I struggled to find time for when I was working. The thing is though, there is plenty of time to do those things tomorrow. Time to do things tomorrow is something you don't have a lot of when you have a job to go to most days, it tends to quash that sense of urgency to get things done right away.
Here is a funny thing: if I drink coffee in the evening, I have trouble sleeping, but if I drink it in the morning, it doesn't interfere with my morning nap.
“Mindful Monday Humans, may your coffee kick in before reality does.” - Napz Cherub Pellazo
Okay, I know I left my small blue notebook in one of these drawers... #HardwickHall Derbyshire. Amazing collection of old filing drawers! #antiques#countryhouses