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What To Do After Completing a Book

April 16, 2021 By Jody Hedlund

I recently received an email from a writer named Payton who completed the first draft of her first book. She had a lot of great questions. Here's one: "What does your process intel after finishing that first draft? What should I do?" This is a question I actually get from a lot of new writers completing a book. Let me tackle the question by first sharing what my process is. Second, I'll finish … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: First Book, Jody Hedlund, New Writers

So You’ve Written a Book. Now What?

August 7, 2020 By Jody Hedlund

I recently received an email from Iris, a fifteen old writer, asking me a few questions about publication and writing. Here are a couple of her questions: “I am fifteen years old and want to be an author someday. I have already finished my first book but I have a few questions. Was your first book rejected by publishers, and if so, how did you deal with it? I read a lot about books being … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Assorted & Sundry, Writing Tagged With: First Book, Jody Hedlund, New Writer

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