by Cindy Ervin Huff | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized, Writing craft, writing tips
Visceral. Don’t you just love that word? A Judge’s comments that you need more visceral responses in your submission. A professional editor adds the comment, needs more visceral in your manuscript. Photo by samer daboul on Pexels.com There is no way you’re going...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Mar 30, 2021 | Writing Reflections, writing tips
My debut novel Secrets & Charades released in 2017, ten years after I wrote the first draft and completed a fiction writing course. I received 21 rejections as I pitched that book to 21 different publishers. Each time I’d rewrite and improve the content based on...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
The wind blew hair in my face as I walked beside my husband. The breeze sent the scent of impending weather I breathed in and tasted the coming rain. If you’ve never tasted the rain you haven’t been paying attention to the world around you. A sea breeze tastes salty...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Apr 11, 2019 | Uncategorized, writer's tip
My title might confuse you. I’m not writing about a grisly crime, rather a common writing mistake. The first time an editor wrote floating body parts or FBP on my manuscript I had to ask for an explanation. A floating body part is when an attribute is given to a body...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Feb 26, 2019 | Author Interview, Writer's tips
By Donna Schlacter Leeann, my alter ego, and I were chatting the other day. She wanted to know why I created her. “I was writing and hoping to publish in two different genres: historical suspense and contemporary suspense. I didn’t want to confuse my...
