Posts in Blind Date Bride

Blind Date BrideExcerpts

Playing along with Excerpt Monday

Arlene Hittle -
May 16
When Bria Quinlan, one of my fellow 2011 Golden Heart® finalists, tweeted her need for “Excerpt Monday” participants, I decided […]
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Blind Date BrideMeg & MattProgressQuery Lettersquest

Writer’s roller coaster

Arlene Hittle -
Dec 8
An e-mail arrived in my inbox today with the subject line: “Your Submission: …” Since I was at work at […]
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Blind Date BrideContests

On the right track

Arlene Hittle -
Jul 31
Now that I’ve had time to synthesize my score sheets from the last contest I entered, I’m pleased to say […]
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Blind Date BrideProgressQuery LettersStories

Making the rounds

Arlene Hittle -
Jun 3
Five queries. Two same-day rejections. I appreciate the prompt replies. I am a little discouraged, but not giving up. I […]
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Blind Date BrideStories

Pitch, anyone?

Arlene Hittle -
May 20
After reading agent Nathan Bransford’s blog post on the importance of having one-sentence, one-paragraph and two-paragraph pitches ready for your […]
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Blind Date BrideMusingsStoriesUncategorized

More food for thought

Arlene Hittle -
May 14
Over at the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood, my writing blog home away from home, I read a fantastic post the other […]
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Blind Date BrideOSNBProgressStories

In limbo?

Arlene Hittle -
May 7
Sadly, not much writing has happened since Wednesday (and that writing didn’t count toward my Word Count Countdown, because it […]
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Blind Date BrideBree & MikeStories

Another milestone reached

Arlene Hittle -
May 3
The hits just keep on coming! That’s right. About 30 minutes ago, I put the finishing touches on the expanded […]
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Blind Date BrideOSNBProgressStoriesSynopses

Working weekend

Arlene Hittle -
Mar 30
In an effort to get over the disappointment of not finaling in the Golden Heart, I’ve been a busy, busy […]
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Blind Date BrideContestsProgressStoriesSynopses

Just wondering …

Arlene Hittle -
Mar 26
How long am I allowed to wallow in disappointment before it morphs into full-blown depression? Right now, I can’t seem […]
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