How having a Beta Reader has made me a Better Reader
Authors work, getting creative, looking forward, On Writing, open letter, Opinion, Personal Story, positive, writing community Sylvia Jimenez Authors work, getting creative, looking forward, On Writing, open letter, Opinion, Personal Story, positive, writing community Sylvia Jimenez

How having a Beta Reader has made me a Better Reader

To all those writers, journo’s, bloggers, vloggers, poets, laureates, composers and so forth, you would understand that the joy of writing, while creative and intuitive is somewhat an isolated process. We draft and redraft. Edit, sub edit, antagonise, get caught up on, rewrite and finally, when we are ready for our writing to emerge from our subconscious and the conscious world (where all great ideas form), having not only Alpha readers but a Beta Reader is better for the creative process.

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Mentors – make the connection.
Authors work, communications, Connecting with people, Introduction, looking forward, On Writing, open letter, Opinion, Personal Story, positive, positive mindset, Reflections, writing community Sylvia Jimenez Authors work, communications, Connecting with people, Introduction, looking forward, On Writing, open letter, Opinion, Personal Story, positive, positive mindset, Reflections, writing community Sylvia Jimenez

Mentors – make the connection.

This blog post isn’t about the importance of acquiring a mentor; there are several excellent articles written about the importance of a good mentor; I am concentrating on my experience and connection with two people who have and still mentor me to this day.

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a lighter look, Authors work, communications, humour, insight observations, just an opinion and ob..., On Writing, Opinion, Personal Story, Reflections Sylvia Jimenez a lighter look, Authors work, communications, humour, insight observations, just an opinion and ob..., On Writing, Opinion, Personal Story, Reflections Sylvia Jimenez

Praise for the list.

I love writing lists. Seems like so many others do as well. There are Pinterest boards dedicated to correct list writing. Youtube videos demonstrating the ‘write’ way to write a list. Some would say that it’s too rigid, while others claim that life without a list would be chaos.

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I've finished writing a book: how I'm keeping myself busy in between querying
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I've finished writing a book: how I'm keeping myself busy in between querying

Daunting, fighting imposter syndrome, ecstatic, excited, tense, optimistic and reconciled that whatever happens, happens! But I won’t be sitting on my laurels. One of the aspects of falling into the writing rabbit hole was that time did fly by until my novel was completed (a few drafts and many edits later). For my close friends reading this, I apologise for my incognito state; I was simply obsessing over getting it finished, and as you know me well…a deadline is still a deadline! Hence, the best advice given by my mentor and writing communities is to start writing the next one.

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