Cynthia Harrison

Novelist

Year: 2009

  • Trunk Book

    Been reading Donald Maass’s The Fire in Fiction in which he talks about “trunk books.” So far, he hasn’t defined the term. But just by the way he says it, “trunk books” do not seem to be good things. From the context I assume trunk books are old manuscripts, for whatever reason given up on and stashed away. In a…

  • One Month

    The other day I really started thinking about how to divide up my time with the two mss. One month is not that long to get a ms. ready for GH. 200 pages a week is a lot, even if there are only small edits. I actually had page numbers for a lot of edits so…

  • Double Trouble

    My second critique of the week came yesterday. These things always start the same for me. I work endlessly on the pages to be presented for comment. I think I have them perfect. I go into the meeting saying stuff to myself like “They won’t find much to critique here; it really is as good as…

  • First Scenes

    Two novels. Two critique groups. Two first scenes. In one week. How did this happen? First novel’s scene went to my new writers’ group on Tuesday. Two published romance writers, Michelle and Patti, saw what was needed to take the scene to the next level, and I’ve put in some time this week revising to their suggestions.…

  • Here It Is

    Paradise Fields is now published on Scribd!