Critique
Sorry it has been so long since I posted last I have been having a lot of family time. All my children are out of school now and my time to write and Blog has dropped off dramatically. Over the summer my Blog might be more sporadic. I will try to post at least once a week though.
So what has been going on. I have joined an online critique group and I have the first chapter of Coradonna Lost up for critique right now. I am hoping to learn things that will help me on my second round of submissions. No I haven’t sent those out yet – summer and kids and all.
Also I am hoping to find out if the story grabs people in the first chapter. If not then I need to do some revision before sending out more queries the first chapter needs to suck the reader, or agent in.
I have also been reading ( I was up till 1 am today reading a library book), lots and lots of books. Science Fiction books. I have been trying to see what is out there and what it is like. I have read a few books on terra forming and several space operas. I have liked some and not liked others. There are several themes that seem to repeat in Science Fiction that give me a great deal of hope for my own story as it seems to function within these themes while still having an original story line.
Ok enough for today. I will post again as things progress.