Let's Talk About Writing

                            Finished!

COVID has changed everyone's life. For me, it meant losing most  of my performance and teaching income. But it meant gaining two boys remote schooling by my side. That has been an unexpected gift.

Also, pandemia has been my chance to double down on my novel-in-progress. With the gift of time, I treated writing like my new full-time job. And I am thrilled to say, I have finished my sophomore novel, SCAPEGOAT

Inspired by true events that made international news, SCAPEGOAT tells an insider’s story of how a prison guard starts on one side of the bars and ends up on the other.

I have 2 beta readers who have gone through the novel and have given me lots of helpful feedback. (A beta reader is an early reader of your book--a person you want to find your mistakes, inconsistencies, dangling character arcs, plot holes, etc. before you ship it off to a potential agent or publisher.)

I am now beginning the "querying" process--looking for an agent who will help me get this book out into the world. Wish me luck in finding a home for this latest story that I love!


 
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Here are a couple of my articles from last year: 

"I Am a Writer When I am Writing" in Women Writers, Women's Books. This piece was inspired by the concept “Accept being unimportant.”  words by Lao Tsu in the Tao te Ching
booksbywomen.org/i-am-a-writer-when-i-am-writing-by-monica-duncan/


"Efficient Waiting" in Writer's Digest. This piece extols the virtues of letting a work-in-progress rest to gain objectivity.
www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/the-art-of-efficient-waiting

            What are you working on? ​

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