Author Archives: Joanne Huspek

Okay, I’ve spent the last three days mulling over the first three chapters of my epic women’s book. It has to be pared down from 175K words to somewhere around 100K. The easy part was getting rid of the adverbs. … Continue reading

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I sent out my first query for Finding Cadence yesterday by Internet. I twittered and posted that I’m waiting for a rejection. Hope that doesn’t sound self-defeating. I know there will be plenty of rejections in my future, and while … Continue reading

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I’ve been thinking about Cadence a lot in the last week, although not really working on the book. I have definite plans and want to play with them in my head before I sit down and get to work. If … Continue reading

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After returning from the writers conference, I took a short break from Finding Cadence to work on the next novel, Oaks and Acorns. Cadence was full of angst and suffering, which is probably why it took me two years to … Continue reading

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With a fair amount of trepidation, I recently attended the San Francisco Writers’ Conference, held the weekend of February 13. After all, I’m not a “real” writer, just a wanna-be, intimidated before I arrived with thoughts that my recently completed … Continue reading

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My daughter posed the question when we were out to dinner Friday night. As a person still in her teens, she sees everything her parents do as either 1. stupid, thus embarrassing, 2. not stylish, thus embarrassing, 3. unnecessary, thus … Continue reading

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I am setting this WordPress page up as a preliminary outing before setting up my blog www.joannehuspek.com. I have always been a writer, and I’ve spent the last two years toiling tirelessly. (That’s not true. I’m surprised I have time … Continue reading

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