Wreader Fun

I am so excited! Every month, Love Inspired author Cheryl Wyatt aka Squirrel, sponsors a prompt contest on her blog at http://scrollsquirrel.blogspot.com/ and for the past 3 months, I sent in my entry. And waited. And I won for March! So, what's a Prompt contest? Well, Cheryl wants to encourage other writers so she helps us get our stories started. That's why sometimes I refer to it as a 'story starter' contest. Although story might be a misnomer because it only has to be a scene in a story and not a short story per se. At the beginning of each month, Cheryl will post an entry on her blog listing 10 words that must be used in your story. She'll also list 3 'prompt' lines. You have to pick 1 of these lines to start your story. For this month, Cheryl has posted the following words and prompts: April Prompt Words 1. sill 2. seal 3. SEAL 4. Navy 5. train 6. base 7. bass 8. basket 9. story 10. storey April Scene Starter Sentences: “That’s the worst excuse for a p...

" If it means anything, I would've requested a full manuscript based on these chapters and would expect you to deliver on it, ..." Oh wow! They're talking about my writing. They like it! They really like it! Sally Fields, I finally know how you feel because those words were written by a judge (a freelance editor and acquisitions reader),who liked Charley's Saint - my last Nov NaNo project. Let me tell you the story: Last Nov I decided to sign up for National Novel Writing Month on the eharl site. It entailed the attempt to write a complete 55,000 word novel in 30 days. That's approx 1833 words per day. I wrote Charley's Saint during this month. I finished on Nov 28th with 57,238 words and 256 pages. Mission accomplished, right? But that was only the beginning. The dreadful...uh...fun part was next...the revisions and the tweaking. I found a critique partner and sent the chapters to her and revised it and tweaked it somemore. And then I put it away for a ...

Local wreader (writer/reader), Anita Mae, went undercover Thursday night to find out if the rumours were actually true. Were Harlequin Medicals to be found on the shelves of Regina bookstores? In disguise (wearing her red knit shirt instead of her periwinkle one), Anita walked briskly through the main doors of Chapters, the biggest bookstore in the Queen City. Forcing her eyes to remain focused on the back corner, she refused to look at the non-Harlequin books trying to tempt her money from her purse. Three quarters of the way back, she made a left wheel toward the dais which covers 25% of the store. Lumbering....uh...springing up the steps with a light step, she crossed the varnished wood floor to the Harlequin display. Hmmm. Not a Medical in sight. After mere minutes, she pulled her eyes from the Blaze covers. Spotting the Harlequin flyer, she grabbed it. After all, her mission here was accomplished and hubby was waiting in the van. She had the required info so she should go back...h...