by Denise Vega | October 23, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Theodore Roosevelt I heard this recently and found myself nodding vigorously in agreement. I was remembering back before I got published when I subscribed to Publisher’s Lunch, where I would receive in my In...
by Denise Vega | October 16, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
October is royalty month for some publishers (along with April). When my first book was published and had earned out its advance before it was even released due to sub-rights sales, I loved royalty month. It meant getting a check for which I’d already done the...
by Denise Vega | July 17, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
I’m happy to announce that my free e-book is finally available to subscribers to one or more of my Blab-o-Tips lists (which is different than subscribing to this Blab-o-Denise blog, which you can do in the right sidebar). Actually, the book has been ready for a...
by Denise Vega | May 29, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
I can’t believe I haven’t posted since April 16 and yet I can because I’ve been going gangbusters working on final revisions for my novel and teaching a wonderful Middle Grade/YA class at Lighthouse Writers Workshop where we read and critiqued up to...
by Denise Vega | March 6, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
On February 3 I wrote about sending my young adult novel (the one that took me about three years to write) off to my group. So last Friday we got together to discuss it. Now, this can be a daunting prospect because we have some very astute writers in the group and...
