by Denise Vega | April 21, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
I’ve missed posting the last two weeks because I’ve been deep into rewrites and revisions, immersed in the story and characters, in a race to get it to my agent so she has time to read it and send comments before she goes on maternity leave. Nothing like...
by Denise Vega | April 3, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
In 2002, I finished a novel that I absolutely loved and turned it into my critique group. It had started out as a 13-chapter middle school book called My Own Two Feet and morphed into a 31-chapter book (yes, 13 transposed!) called Click Here (to find out how i...
by Denise Vega | March 19, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
The picture in my featured image is one I took earlier this week on a run/jog on the High Line Canal Trail that runs through a few counties and has some awesome views, as you can see. It feels like my days have been non-stop action so it was wonderful to take time on...
by Denise Vega | March 12, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
“Let everything happen to you – Beauty and terror – Just keep going. No feeling is final.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke I can’t get over this quote. How often have I been stuck in a negative emotion, unable to see past it; believing I would always feel that...
by Denise Vega | January 29, 2015 | Writing Inspiration
That title is deliberate. Not that I place writing above everything else in my life; far from it. But seeing it that way instead of “Writing amidst life” reminds me that writing is a huge part of who I am and what I must do and I must honor it, cherish it,...
