There is nothing sweeter than finishing a manuscript. All of the blood, sweat and tears, fist pounding, hair pulling, more gray hair (which in turn leads to coloring), swearing ...
And I believed writing a manuscript was the hardest part! Yep, that's pretty much what I thought. Boy was I naive! Between synopsis hell--I mean writing, query letters, hooks, ...
In my local chapter, we had conversed a time or two about letting family members read our own material. Just the thought chilled me to the bone. I had absolutely no intention of ...