Novelist
This month cynthiaharrison.com is 23 years old. Here’s how it looked back when I still called it A Writer’s Diary. BTW, you can read my novel GYPSY free on Kindle. And thanks for reading. This years the blog has gone through some changes. For one thing I moved my website to another platform but kept…
This month cynthiaharrison.com is 23 years old. Here’s how it looked back when I still called it A Writer’s Diary. BTW, you can read my novel GYPSY free on Kindle. And thanks for reading. This years the blog has gone through some changes. For one thing I moved my website to another platform but kept…

Thankful this morning for Michigan Sisters in Crime critique group. We met on Saturday at noon and by the time we left my battered confidence was in much more hopeful shape. It’s no secret the WIP, started about year ago, has been giving me fits. Finally, in the company of other writers, everything bugging me…
My critique partners ripped my chapter to shreds yesterday at our meeting. At least I’m good thinking up post titles that match my header photo.
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…