McKinzie's Blog

Point of View Switches

Received my first edit back from Soul Mate with Rogue Phoenix Press. Very little for me to edit, however, I do have some point of view switches that I need to eliminate. I do realize that these things can throw a reader out of the story but they still get by me sometimes. Now I'm thinking that I need to go back through my other stories and books to make sure I don't do the same thing before I send them in. I know that it's ok to do different POVs if you devote an entire chapter to that other character but I wonder if it can be done when you divide the chapter. Overall, I was very pleased that I had no errors or syntax errors that they could see :)

There is no such thing as perfect and I embrace other points of views and critiques when I write. Sometimes, it is difficult to detect errors when buried into your own story.

I'm feeling the wonderful pressure of revamping stories, deadlines for the anthology, my new creations, starting school in a couple of weeks toward my RN (I'm already an LPN. Working toward being an anesthetist), and working with my children's stories in a different name. Life is so good especially when there is a little pressure. Yes, I'm a Type A personality lol!!!

Concerning the children's stories, I have a girlfriend that I've known since we were little. She lives in CA. Daughter of my mother's bestfriend. We found each other after years of life keeping us busy. She is a very talented artist which is what she does for her career. Her skills are impressive and excellent. She expressed an interest in attempting the art for my children't stories in Dinkerville. They have to be created from scratch since they are creatures that don't exist except in my mind. So I am psyched to see what she comes up with. What's even better is that I don't have to pay up front. This means that her name would go on my book as the illustrator and she would therefore receive a percentage of royalties. So the story is complete, awaiting her art, then it needs to be put together and submitted to an agent (apparently, the children's book publishers rarely take unsolicited materials - especially Harper Collins). When you search for an agent, you go through pretty much the same stringent process as you do when searching for a publisher. Talk about a double whammy lol!!

Recently, an old coworker friend/writer contacted me and wanted to know if I could edit some more of his work. Unfortunately, I had to tell him no because I just don't have time for this. I think he has talent, but I discovered that if I devote myself to editing others' work, I will never get my own done.

So there you go....thoughts off the top of my head. Oh.,,.and congratulations to my friend Kim Dahlen for such good reviews on her books!!! She really helped me by giving me an internet boot up the ass to get me back into my writing. It's wonderful when you have a core group of friends in the same profession. It makes the writing process easier when you have each other.

Dark Moon Harvest - still revamping. Have been weaving another element into it with the Summerian Goddess Inanna (Goddess Sin). Since I'm including this, I've had to go back to the very beginning to start introducing that thread.

Love you all!!