I think one of the things that holds new writers back is the idea that a first draft is supposed to be perfect. It’s easy to fall into the trap of self-editing or giving up partway through a manuscript, but first drafts aren’t supposed to be perfect or pretty. They’re supposed to be messy.
I really enjoyed the creative aspect of crafting the magical elements. They often came to me unbidden, whether it was the village backstory of the Jin ancestors or the supernatural talent of Whiskers, the magical bunny (with a nod to Chinese mythology) in the Jin family.
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As a token of appreciation for all of those wonderful readers out there, The Wild Rose Press compiles an annual free cookbook, of holiday themed recipes.
Vanessa Westermann as seen in the media.
In the anthology MOONLIGHT AND MISADVENTURE, award-winning American and Canadian writers shed the glint of moonlight on mistakes, misdemeanors and murder and are sure to dazzle readers of short stories.
There’s nothing like a blank sheet of paper and the speed of a fountain pen to free the imagination.
Fradkin evokes the prairie heat of the Alberta badlands in THE ANCIENT DEAD. When a human bone is discovered in a coulee, Amanda has to dig up the past to solve a thirty-year-old mystery. And plunges headlong into danger...
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As a token of appreciation for all those wonderful people who love to curl up with a good book, The Wild Rose Press compiles an annual free cookbook, of holiday themed recipes by The Wild Rose Press authors.
Like the heroine of The Turkish Affair, Jill Culiner once worked in backwoods Turkey, translating. The landscape was beautiful but bleak; the winters were Siberian, the summers, hot and heavy.
