RedHotRomance

I've just finished a novella that needs to go in the mail on Tuesday, but first I sent it to my critique partners. I'm lucky enough to have some amazing talent at my disposal--people who don't automatically hit the delete key when I send an email with an attachement, a subject line that generally reads "HELP" in all caps and a priority tag on the message. I sent my novella to seven people and got six critiques back within twenty-four hours. (The seventh person was in the hospital, only I didn't know it at the time.) Did I say my CPs were goddesses? :-) What is so cool is that every one of them found something different that needed work, and every single comment will make my story better. I remember hearing Hilary Clinton's speech where she said it takes a village to raise a child, and I immediately thought how I could apply that to my own life. It's so easy: It takes a village to write a book, from the online friends we go to for information, to the amazing writers willing to take time from their busy schedules to read and fix mistakes and share ideas. I've written before about the powerful community of authors. It's definitely something powerful and awe-inspiring, and I'm proud to be among such a terrific group of people.