by LoriBenton | Apr 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Here’s my last post in which I’m sharing some of the writing craft wisdom my friend, Lauri Klobas, shared with me during a few intense months in which she taught me how to edit my badly over-written prose. Not all of the advice she gave me had to do with...
by LoriBenton | Apr 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
This week on the blog I’m sharing the writing advice I received from Lauri Klobas, a friend I will always consider my first editor. Lauri had a lot to teach me about trimming and tightening unfocused story elements and overwritten prose. I still over-write my...
by LoriBenton | Apr 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
This week I’ve spent time reading over the emails exchanged with my friend Lauri, during the months I began the huge task of editing Kindred down to a manageable length. An element I’d struggled with was back story: where to put it, and how much needed to...
by LoriBenton | Apr 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
This week marks a year since my friend, Lauri Klobas, author and gifted critter, passed away after her third battle with breast cancer. Lauri and I had known each other only on the Compuserve Books & Writers Forum when she graciously and unexpectedly volunteered...
by LoriBenton | Apr 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
There I was sitting at my computer at 5-something AM this morning, wondering what to blog about today, when I took a quick gander at my blog rolls over in the sidebar, and there’s Jody Hedlund, one of the most consistent, prolific bloggers I know, blogging about...
