Category: YA mystery
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Something Brilliant Goes Here
I’m still working away at the revision to my YA mystery. I’ve reached page 100 out of about 175. For this revision, I have a new favorite tool that I picked up from Leslie Connor, author of WAITING FOR NORMAL, at a recent SCBWI Michigan retreat. When she get completely stuck on something, she’ll write…
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YA Mystery Revision: Halfway There!
With respect to numbers of pages, I’m halfway through the revision of my YA mystery. But in many other ways, I could very well be within a week of a semi-polished draft. I’ll have to draft a few other new scenes, but they won’t be anywhere near as hard as what I’ve already accomplished. At least I’m…
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Forward Progress
Goals are good things. My editor established one goal when she gave me a due date for the mystery revision: February 15. But it was pretty clear that she’d like to have it sooner, so I have a private goal of getting it out the door by the end of the third week in January. I also have…
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Stand-in for Murder
It’s not a 100% certainty, but it looks like my YA mystery will be released in the fall of 2010 with the title of STAND-IN FOR MURDER. This morning, I finished the preliminary revisions to the first three chapters. I’m sure that they’ll need some polishing, but I want to wrap up a draft by Christmas…
Kristin Wolden Nitz 