WRITERLY WISDOM: Donna L Martin

It's time once again for WRITERLY WISDOM where every Wednesday we will sneak a peek into the world of writing and publication. With only three more WRITELY WISDOM posts in this series, I thought it would be nice to create my own Twelve Days Of Christmas list in honor of the holidays. I might not be able to compete with the fabulous list I found on Darcy Pattison's blog (http://www.darcypattison.com/revision/12-days/) called the 12 Days of Christmas Writing Tips but I still had fun working on mine and wondered what my readers lists would look like? ;~)


The Twelve Days Of Writing

by Donna L Martin



On the first day of writing, 
My true muse gave to me:
One book deal
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the second day of writing, 
My true muse gave to me:
Two agent offers,
One book deal,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the third day of writing,
My true muse gave to me:
Three story requests,
Two agent offers,
One book deal,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the fourth day of writing,
My true muse gave to me:
Four query letters,
Three story requests,
Two agent offers,
One book deal,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the fifth day of writing,
My true muse gave to me:
Five platform links!
Four query letters,
Three story requests,
Two agent offers,
One book deal,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the sixth day of writing
My true muse gave to me:
Six hard revisions,
Five platforn links!
Four query letters,
Three story requests,
Two agent offers,
One book deal,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the seventh day of writing
My true muse gave to me:
Seven critique partners,
Six hard revisions,
Five platform links!
Four query letters,
Three story requests,
Two agent offers,
One book deal,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the eighth day of writing
My true muse gave to me:
Eight surprise endings,
Seven critique partners,
Six hard revisions,
Five platform links!
Four query letters,
Three story requests,
Two agent offers,
One book deal,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the ninth day of writing
My true muse gave to me:
Nine possible solutions,
Eight surprise endings,
Seven critique partners,
Six hard revisions,
Five platform links!
Four query letters,
Three story requests,
Two agent offers,
One book deal,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the tenth day of writing
My true muse gave to me:
Ten problems to solve,
Nine possible solutions,
Eight surprise endings,
Seven critique partners,
Six hard revisions,
Five platform links!
Four query letters,
Three story requests,
Two agent offers,
One book deal,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the eleventh day of writing
My true muse gave to me:
Eleven points of view,
Ten problems to solve,
Nine possible solutions,
Eight surprise endings,
Seven critique partners,
Six hard revisions,
Five platform links!
Four query letters,
Three story requests,
Two agent offers,
One book deals,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.

On the twelfth day of writing
My true muse gave to me:
Twelve great ideas,
Eleven points of view,
Ten problems to solve.
Nine possible solutions,
Eight surprise endings,
Seven critique partners,
Six hard revisions,
Five platform links!
Four query letters,
Three story requests,
Two agent offers,
One book deal,
And a lovely cup of tasty green tea.  

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