Meredith E. PhillipsThe time has come! I'm ready for a (SMALL) group of beta readers. Let me emphasize the "small." I am hoping to get three beta readers for this round and I already have one person lined up. If you're interested in one of the two remaining spots, click the link below and fill out the short Google Form. Once your response is received, I'll send you a link to a Google Doc with more information on my book, what I would expect from you as a reader, the timeline for the project, and more. If you decide you'd like to officially apply to be a beta reader for me, there will be a link in the Google Doc to an application Form.
I got a LOT of responses the last time I did I call for beta readers, so I'm anticipating having to say "no" to a good number of people. I don't want to say no!! But I also can't handle more than three readers right now, so I hope you know that if you do apply and I do have to decline your offer to read for me, it has nothing to do with you!
Thank you so much for considering!
• The link to the Google Form is here: [CLOSED] Thank you so much to everyone who took time to consider reading for me! •
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.
Beta Readers Needed! Want to beta read my Regency romance? • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-01-07 | The time has come! I'm ready for a (SMALL) group of beta readers. Let me emphasize the "small." I am hoping to get three beta readers for this round and I already have one person lined up. If you're interested in one of the two remaining spots, click the link below and fill out the short Google Form. Once your response is received, I'll send you a link to a Google Doc with more information on my book, what I would expect from you as a reader, the timeline for the project, and more. If you decide you'd like to officially apply to be a beta reader for me, there will be a link in the Google Doc to an application Form.
I got a LOT of responses the last time I did I call for beta readers, so I'm anticipating having to say "no" to a good number of people. I don't want to say no!! But I also can't handle more than three readers right now, so I hope you know that if you do apply and I do have to decline your offer to read for me, it has nothing to do with you!
Thank you so much for considering!
• The link to the Google Form is here: [CLOSED] Thank you so much to everyone who took time to consider reading for me! •
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.How to Structure Scenes for Success • Outlining my Regency Romance & a special unboxing 👀Meredith E. Phillips2025-08-12 | I am making PROGRESS, my friends! I've entered my scene-by-scene breakdown era and I'm sharing my method for structuring scenes for success! Let me know how you work to ensure scenes are necessary and complete in your own projects.
I also got a lil present from YouTube, so enjoy unboxing what I plan to bring to Antiques Roadshow in thirty years.
~ T I M E S T A M P S ~ 00:00 (Aug 7) Introduction 01:58 How I structure scenes (scene-by-scene breakdown template) 08:56 Current progress 12:34 (Aug 8) Unloading dishes, my embarrassing house, POV split 16:55 Working through Act I scenes (pls someone get the Krispy Kreme ref) 18:38 (Aug 9) An Unboxing that makes me a professional YouTuber now I think 23:00 Actually back to writing and finishing Act I! 25:13 An audacious act 26:17 Getting into Act II scenes 30:04 Outro
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Completing my Beat Sheet Outline & Calendar • Outlining Challenge, Part 3 • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-08-08 | I'm moving at a good clip through my beat sheet outline, scene list, and calendar details!
~ T I M E S T A M P S ~ 00:00 (Aug 2) Intro and Breakfast with Friends 02:44 Refining the Road Trip & Raising the Stakes 05:36 WRITING HACK: Reformat Your Notes 07:00 (Aug 3) Gushy Book Review & One Annoying Scrivener Thing 11:55 Writing Hack Update, Finishing the Beat Sheet Outline, & Next Steps 16:14 I ALMOST FORGOT?? Starting the Scene List & a Grocery Run 19:53 (Aug 4) Dishes with Meredith - I Finished the Scene List & Discussing Calendar Issues 24:02 Calendar Time! 27:00 (Aug 5) Wrapping up the Calendar, What's Next, & Outro
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Outline a book with me! • How I outline + Act IV BREAKTHROUGH 😱 • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-08-05 | I've set myself a goal to finish outlining this new WIP by the end of August and it's going pretty well so far! I wanted to share a bit more info on how I outline, so I've broken down my process into a brief, three stage explanation. You can see more in my outlining video (linked below), but if you have more questions, let me know!
~T I M E S T A M P S ~ 00:00 (July 30) Intro & recap 03:28 How I outline 07:50 Floundering and ignoring my problems // Working on Act II 11:32 (July 31) ACT IV BREAKTHROUGH?! 18:04 Word count panic? 22:11 (Aug 1) Act II Chat 26:02 Outro
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.OUTLINING CHALLENGE for August • Outlining a book in a month • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-08-01 | I'm ready to kick into high gear with this outline and so I've challenged myself to complete the outline for this book in a month! I started working on this new project (my Magnificent-Seven-but-make-them-Regency-widows book) back in April and May, but I haven't looked at any of my notes since the first week of June. My goal is to have a completed outline to my agent by September 1st, so I have a bunch of work to do between now and then!
I'm going to try to vlog most/all days until I finish this thing and you might end up getting two videos a week out of it, but we'll see!
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.The Query Letter that Got Me an Agent (and one that didnt) + Query letter tips and suggestions!Meredith E. Phillips2025-07-25 | Here she is! This is the query letter that earned me eleven full requests, three offers of representation, and a shiny agent. I also am sharing an earlier draft of the query so you can see how it evolved over time and some of the glaring issues that the final version fixed.
I firmly believe there is no such thing as a "perfect" query letter! So in sharing this, I am not saying my query is some kind of ultimate example. But it did get me good responses from agents. There are a bunch of resources below for query letter writing, so check into those for yourself and good luck with writing your own!
~ T I M E S T A M P S ~ 00:00 Intro 02:33 Early draft of the query 05:37 Analyzing the draft query 14:50 Final query letter 19:00 Analyzing the final query 24:27 Conclusion & outro
~ R E S O U R C E S ~ • Gina Denny on YouTube (youtube.com/@GinaDenny) or TikTok (tiktok.com/@ginad129). She has a lot of behind-the-scenes industry info, query letter critiques, and general writing tips. • The Shit No One Tells You About Writing podcast (theshitaboutwriting.com/). A query critique at the start of every episode plus industry chit chat. Their newsletter is also great. • PubTips on Reddit for free query critiques and a community willing to answer any question on your mind. reddit.com/r/PubTips
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Write a new chapter with me • Road to Submission: a Writing Vlog • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-07-18 | I have a self-imposed deadline of July 31st for these revisions and writing a new chapter is the hardest part. Let's see if I can successfully write and revise 2000ish words in a weekend.
This is...The Road to Submission *cue dramatic music*
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.I got my edit letter from my agent! Revising my Regency romance & the Road to SubmissionMeredith E. Phillips2025-07-11 | I have my edit letter from my agent and I'm ready to get back to revising my Regency romance! The revisions are overall pretty minor, which makes me so happy, and we should be ready for submission sooner rather than later.
Be sure to check out Becca Tobar's channel if you haven't already!! @beccatobar
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.My Querying Journey, Querying Stats, & Signing with a Literary Agent + Q&A • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-07-04 | If you wanted a condensed version of events, here ya go! I'm sharing the full timeline of writing my book, the querying timeline and process, signing with a literary agent, and my final querying stats. There were some questions from the last video which I answered here, too. Check below for timestamps if you want to skip around!
~ Questions to ask agent references ~ • PubTips thread here: reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/1kulu1z/pubq_asking_offering_agents_to_provide_other • Blog post: writersblockpartyblog.com/2018/02/08/questions-to-ask-other-clients-of-an-agent • I asked... * General history. How long have you been one of AGENT'S clients? How did you initially connect with her (querying, conference, referral, etc.)? * Communication style. What are response times like? Do you find emails and/or phone calls strictly professional or are things more relaxed? When you send a manuscript to her for review, how long does it take for her to reply with notes? * Editorial style. At what point in the creative process do you share ideas and/or manuscripts with AGENT? Have you worked through brainstorming issues together or do you tend to send her work that has been completely drafted and polished to some degree? *Submission. How collaborative is this part of the process? Do you have input on which editors/publishers the manuscript is sent to? How often are you updated on responses?
~ T I M E S T A M P S ~ 00:00 Intro 01:58 Book writing timeline 07:09 Querying timeline 10:14 Final querying stats 11:58 What happens next? 13:48 Submission vlogs when?! 16:44 Q&A - Why two weeks between first offer and acceptance? 18:37 Q&A - How close to submission am I? 18:58 Q&A - Most unexpected part of querying? 19:57 Q&A - What was the difference between the first agent/agency and the second agent/agency that offered? 23:06 Q&A - What did I ask the client references for each agent? 24:48 Q&A - What was the first agent's reaction to the deadline extension request? Are extensions normal? 25:51 Q&A - Tips for querying? 28:45 Q&A - Alyssa's burning question 29:08 Shout outs and Outro
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.I SIGNED WITH A LITERARY AGENT 🥳🤯🫠😭 • Querying Chronicles, S2E4: Series Finale Writing VLOGMeredith E. Phillips2025-06-27 | I FINALLY GET TO TELL YOU!! If you've been wondering what has had me so stressed the last couple weeks, this is your answer. The plot twists just kept coming, but in the end I signed with an amazing literary agent. While it may be a farewell to the Querying Chronicles with this series finale, I'm SO thrilled to take you with me on the next part of this journey.
[If you want the condensed version of events, I have that here: youtu.be/3pn1XWFRpFI]
🫶 SUPER huge shout out to my long-time writer friend AMY, and everyone's favorite AuthorTuber @alyssa.and.the.books. 🫶
~ T I M E S T A M P S ~ 00:00 Intro 02:15 May 17 - Querying recap & update 05:14 May 22 - Full request! 06:54 May 24 - Is this the end of querying for this book? 09:27 May 29 - THE EMAIL 14:56 June 1 - Delulu about replies, the best rejection I've ever gotten, & getting in trouble on QT 22:21 June 4 - Prepping for THE CALL and absolutely overthinking everything 36:44 June 5 - THE (first) CALL & the first OFFER 42:47 June 5 - Sending Offer of Rep notices to other agents on QueryTracker 46:06 June 6 - A busy 48 hours of post-call shenanigans 50:03 June 13 - A week of building stress, rejections, & sending a final agent nudge 56:50 June 13 - PLOT TWIST 58:03 June 18 - PLOT TWIST 2 & my body hates me I guess 1:02:35 June 21 - PLOT TWIST 3 1:06:31 June 23 - The second OFFER 1:07:58 June 24 - The third OFFER 1:10:19 June 24 - THE (second) CALL 1:16:22 June 25 - THE (third) CALL 1:20:11 June 25 - Red flag 1:21:25 June 25 - THE FINAL DECISION 1:22:46 June 25 - (Paranoid?) Emailing strategy 1:24:38 June 25 - I don't believe any of this, frankly 1:26:18 June 25 - The worst and best emails I've ever sent 1:27:52 June 25 - Red flag warning 1:29:07 Agent Announcement, FeELiNgS, & Outro
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Coming Soon...Meredith E. Phillips2025-06-25 | The end is nigh. See you on Friday...
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Am I...PRE-OUTLINING?!? • A week in the life writing vlog, feat. beat sheets, opening scenes, & MOREMeredith E. Phillips2025-06-20 | I started this vlog mainly to force myself to do some serious writing work each day and WOW who would've guessed it would work?! I'm really excited about the progress I made and the pre-outline outline is lookin' snazzy, if I do say so myself.
I'm *really* hoping to be able to dive in to scene-by-scene outlining in the next week or two and THEN I'll be ready to draft! Stay tuned.
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My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Lets create some side characters • A Writing Vlog • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-06-13 | This new WIP has side characters on side characters on side characters. I really don't want them ending up as a blob of fuzzy-faced people in the background, so this weekend I worked on figuring out a bit more about each of them.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.A Writerly Day in the Life, feat. my favorite way to plot a novel 👀 • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-06-06 | It's a writerly day in the life vlog where I get distracted researching minute details that don't really matter and try to ignore the bubbling anxiety within. I also got to dive into my favorite trick to plotting a novel that helps alleviate potential plot holes or overlapping timelines 👀 It helps keep the plot straight in my head, too!
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Progress: Im Making Some • Story breakthroughs & filling in plot points - A Writing VlogMeredith E. Phillips2025-05-30 | I'm still struggling my way through plotting this dang book, but I do think I'm getting closer to being in the actual outline stage of the process. YAY. I had some good story breakthroughs and I am making (slow) progress.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Brainstorm BREAKTHROUGH: Week in the Life VLOG of a writer with a full time job (working from home)Meredith E. Phillips2025-05-16 | Ah FINALLYYYYY. I had my big breakthrough on this project and I'm quickly approaching the official outlining stage of the process. Thanks for sticking with me and my smooth brain the last several weeks while I figure out what I want this story to be.
I meant for this to be a little more of a "week in the life" style vlog from someone who writes and also works full time from home, but after the breakthrough, I was mostly excited to talk about that haha
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Querying Chronicles, S2E3: QueryTracker is ruining my life + chatting WORD COUNT (also...requests??)Meredith E. Phillips2025-05-09 | Welcome back to The Querying Chronicles! This is a packed episode, but most of it centers on me absolutely losing my mind on QueryTracker's Data Explorer tab. This thing should be illegal. Let me know your thoughts below.
The upside to all the data tracking is that I've noticed some interesting things in terms of what projects get full requests and offers and which ones don't. So I've taken some time to chat about the dreaded topic of word counts and why you *really* should aim for the sub-100k range.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Just over here trying my best • More brainstorming & thinking: a writing vlog • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-05-02 | I swear I'm getting close to an actual story idea. I'm just not *quite* there yet.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Slow Weekend Vibes • Life update, story thoughts, and (too much) Query Tracker • Meredith E PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-04-25 | The weekend was kind of goofy, so this is just a jumble of life updates, some thoughts I've had on my new story, and pretending like I don't check Query Tracker every ten minutes.
Enjoy? I guess? Hopefully I'll have a more standard vlog ready for you next week!
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.The Realities of Brainstorming: A Writing Vlog • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-04-18 | I'm still brainstorming for this historical romance novel and it's slow going. Which is frustrating. But that's just how this stage of the game goes sometimes!
Got any brainstorming tips, tricks, suggestions for us?? Leave it in the comments!
Check out Writers Helping Writers for lots of free resources: writershelpingwriters.net/writing-tools [My favorites are the Goal, Motivation, Conflict + Stakes Tracker, the Backstory Wound Profile, and the Character Profile Questionnaire.] You can see all their available books/thesauruses here: shopwritershelpingwriters.net [I like having the print copies just because I like underlining and marking pages, but they're available as e-books, too. For print copies from Amazon, check them out here: amzn.to/4lzFgNz]
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Lets Brainstorm a Book, feat. floundering, rambling, & a dash of spiraling • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-04-11 | I'm still brainstorming! We'll be here for a while if this past weekend was any indication. It's a bit of a frustrating phrase to fight through, but I'll get to outlining and drafting eventually.
Special thanks to Ian for joining my Patreon! Check out his YouTube channel here: youtube.com/@IHBooks
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.I took an EFA class...is it worth the money? • Intro to Line Editing • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-04-08 | I'm happy to share a review of a class I took through the EFA! One of my goals for 2025 is to explore options for additional income streams within the writing and publishing industry. I decided to try out a course on line editing through the EFA (Editorial Freelancers Association) and I'm so glad I did!
Have you taken a class through the EFA? Is editing something you'd be interested in learning more about or does it sound horrifically boring to you?
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.QUERYING CHRONICLES, S2, Ep.2: LETS START QUERYING! A Query Critique Package & Sending Out Batch 1Meredith E. Phillips2025-04-04 | It's time! Let's send some queries! I got my query critique package back, made my revisions, and my Regency romance is officially in the query trenches! I'm excited to be back here again and am looking forward to sharing the wild querying rollercoaster with you.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.If You Give a Writer an Idea... #short #writerslifeMeredith E. Phillips2025-04-02 | If You Give a Writer an Idea...
I'm not gonna do it, I'm just thinkin' about it...
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.BOOK BRAINSTORMING: You asked, I answered • How to brainstorm a book & organize your brainstormingMeredith E. Phillips2025-04-01 | Thanks for all your questions! This was a fun video to put together. Brainstorming is such a unique process for each writer and this is just my experience and personal take on things. Let me know how you work through the brainstorming process!
~ t i m e s t a m p s ~ 00:00 Intro 00:27 Which story beats do you think of first? 01:17 Notebooks, digital, both? 01:56 How do you start? 02:32 What is your brainstorming process like and when do you move on to drafting? 03:52 How long does an idea sit in your head before you start brainstorming? What must you know before brainstorming? 05:38 How do you decide which ideas to pursue and which to discard? 07:12 How do you research tropes or genre-specific scenes? 10:58 How do you add in new information/research without it feeling shoe-horned in? 12:29 Do you continue worldbuilding as you draft? 13:33 How do you stop brainstorming and start writing? 15:17 A look at my chaotic brainstorming documents
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Lets Brainstorm a new WIP! Beginning research & worldbuilding for my next historical romance 💞Meredith E. Phillips2025-03-28 | With one project completed, it's time to dive into a new one! I'm in the very beginning stages of this new historical romance and I spent the last weekend brainstorming, worldbuilding, and researching for this new WIP.
Since I'm working in the historical fiction genre, I do a lot of research into the time period and a lot of my story builds on the facts and figures I find as I wind my way down the research rabbit trails. I never know quite what I'm going to find and was lucky to hit on something super interesting this weekend!
** I think I'm going to do a short(ish) video with a Q&A for brainstorming or researching questions, so let me know if you have anything you want my thoughts on! **
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Its a Query Tracking Spreadsheet TUTORIAL! Organize your querying data! • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-03-22 | Just nerdy things. Here's how to use the query tracking spreadsheets I have available on my website. If you find any errors or something about the sheet doesn't work for you, let me know so I can fix them! I've found this super helpful in organizing all the querying data I've collected.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.QUERYING CHRONICLES, S2, Ep.1: A final proofread, prepping to query, & sharing my querying strategy!Meredith E. Phillips2025-03-21 | ** SEE PINNED COMMENT PLS PLS PLS *** ** ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A BONUS VIDEO ON 3/22 **
It's back, baby. Season 2 of Querying Chronicles is here and I'm so excited to get this book hurled into the trenches! But first, I have to finish proofreading my book. And I have to revamp the spreadsheet I used last year to organize all the agents on my querying list. I also want to know your opinion! I'm thinking to use a different querying strategy this time around, but let me know what you think. Am I missing some key element that would put me at a disadvantage?
~ t i m e s t a m p s ~ 00:00 A dramatic look back at Querying Chronicles, Season 1 03:36 Actual intro & plans for the weekend - proofreading & prepping! 09:12 The Final Proofread & the Final Wordcount 11:59 Sharing my querying strategy - GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS! 16:18 Revising the spreadsheet 26:17 Outro
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Line Editing Palooza: How Im line editing, Scriveners RegEx function, and starting query prep!Meredith E. Phillips2025-03-14 | I don't know if you know this, but line edits take FOREVER. FOR-EV-ER. But the results are undeniable. I'm cutting words and not sacrificing content or voice. I'm getting so close to being done and am eager to start querying by the end of the month.
Let me know if you have a good resource for using RegEx in Scrivener. The one way I found to use it is SUPER helpful and I'm sure there's more that can be done with it.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.STATE OF THE WRITER ADDRESS: Line edits and finally an end in sight?! Plus: A peek at whats next...Meredith E. Phillips2025-03-07 | I'M SO CLOSE TO BEING DONE.FINAL-FINAL.DRAFT18-E.ACTUAL-FINAL.DOC!!! I'm working through some last passes and if all goes according to plan, I should be able to officially hurl this book into the query trenches by the end of the month.
I should be back next week with an actual vlog, so stay tuned!
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.The 2024 SmoochPit Mentorship Program: Program Details & SHOWCASE RESULTS! • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-02-25 | What a truly special experience this has been! Getting selected as a mentee for the 2024 SmoochPit Mentorship Program was exciting, challenging, and so incredibly motivational. If you're considering applying for a future round, I'd highly recommend it! In this video, I'm sharing my experience with the program as well as the results of the concluding event, the Agent Showcase.
If you have any questions for me about SmoochPit, feel free to leave a comment, send me an email, or DM me on Instagram! Contact details are below.
~ t i m e s t a m p s ~ 00:00 Intro 02:56 Basics about the SmoochPit Mentorship Program 04:18 The Mentors 06:01 The Application Process 11:05 Meeting my Mentor & Structuring Your Revisions 12:45 The Additional Mentorship Perks & Opportunities 15:52 The Agent Showcase & Catalog 17:17 The Agent Showcase RESULTS 19:09 Overall Program Wrap Up 20:31 Outro
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Is the writing motivation in the room with us? • NEVER ENDING REVISIONS: A VLOGMeredith E. Phillips2025-02-21 | I've hit that point in the project where I just.want.this.thing.to.be.done. But it's NOT done and I HAVE to keep working on it. If you see my writing motivation anywhere, please arrest it and send it back to me post haste.
Stay tuned next week for the results of the SmoochPit Mentorship Program's Agent Showcase!!
Really cool, ~aesthetic~ channels mentioned: @beccatobar @andesears @christy-anne-jones [There are definitely more than that, so let us know your favorite places to find gorgeous Authortube vlog in the comments!]
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Social Media & News DETOX WEEKEND • Im stressed, so lets disconnect • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-02-14 | Welp, I dunno about you, but I've been STRESSED the last couple weeks. Between the news and the current state of our nation, writing projects, and life ~stuff~, my anxiety has been high and I've been struggling to concentrate on much of anything. So I decided to do a social media and news detox for the weekend to get rid of as many distractions as possible and focus on my writing work for a few days.
I've never done anything like this before and was a little worried about whether I could go two days without Instagram (yes, that is embarrassing LOL). But I found this little experiment well worth it. Have you ever done a media detox before? How long did you go without? Did it help with stress, anxiety, distractions?
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Reviewing Beta Reader Feedback! • Organizing beta reader feedback and starting draft 6 🥳Meredith E. Phillips2025-02-07 | The time has come! I've received all the feedback from my beta readers and am ready to dive into another round of revisions. Once again, THANK YOU to the three magnificent readers I had. And thank you to everyone else who expressed interest in this project. I'm so grateful for your time and energy.
I spent some time sorting through the beta reader feedback, organizing it, and figuring out what to use. As always, when you have multiple people reading your work, you get conflicting opinions! To me, that's the hardest part--trying to decide who you agree with 😅
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.This is not the vlog youre looking for: Contentifying my stress over not having a videoMeredith E. Phillips2025-01-31 | TL;DR: Don't let social media stress you out.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Making an Agent Pitch Deck & Sharing my book’s pitch, comps, a snippet 👀, & more!Meredith E. Phillips2025-01-24 | Writers are sharing pitch decks on social media and I love it! This is a fun way to provide a visual representation of your book for literary agents, but I think it could be a fun tool for self-pub authors, too. I wanted to share with you the different ideas I've seen for what to include in a pitch deck and then I'm sharing mine with you. It includes my one paragraph book pitch, comp titles, a snippet, and some other details about what I've been working on. Let me know what you think!
Have you made something like this to post on social media? Do you find picking a font to be the biggest challenge of all?
Search the hashtag "agentsguide" on various platforms to see great examples of how other writers have approached this idea.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Lets Chat, Episode 7 & Querying Chronicles S1, Ep.6 - Saying Goodbye: Shelving a Much-Loved ProjectMeredith E. Phillips2025-01-17 | Sometimes it's no hardship to shelve a project. Other times, it hurts your heart a little bit 💔
I've spent a year querying my Regency romance, Twice Married, and it's now time to officially shelve it. It's sad, even if it was an expected conclusion to my querying journey thus far. The querying trenches haven't seen the last of me, though! I have my current WIP with beta readers at the moment and I'll be wrapping up the final revisions with the aim to start the querying process all over again in March.
Have you ever had to shelve a project that you loved? Was it difficult to move on to something new? Have you ever been able to pull a once-shelved project off the shelf, dust it off, and work on it again?
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Revising my Query and Synopsis • Synopsis Tips and Examples • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-01-14 | It's time to dive back into the dreaded synopsis...and it's just as fun as I remembered! As you'll see, I went into this revision with one set of "rules" in mind, but subsequently learned I didn't necessarily need to do things that way. But no matter how you write it, the synopsis is a very tricky document to create. I tried to pull a few examples from mine to show you how I was revising certain pieces, so I hope that's helpful!
SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THESE PATRONS! Clara Vicktoria Megan
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.New Year, New Writing Space • A Functional & Aesthetic Writing Space Upgrade • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-01-10 | I've been wanting to do this for a while and the time has finally arrived! It's a new year and I was able to upgrade my writing space so it is both functional and aesthetic. All the stuff I can think to link is below if you want to check some of it out for yourself!
Also check out my CP's darling pottery shop! Check back in the coming weeks if there's nothing in stock at the moment. She adds to it as she's able: tinycopottery.com
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.2025 Writing Goals! • New writing projects, new business goals, and MORE • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2025-01-03 | Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2025 is off to a good start for you and you're eager to get started on new projects, big dreams, and audacious plans. I have some chunky 2025 writing goals in place for myself PLUS some business goals. I'm really looking forward to seeing what the year has in store.
Thank you for all your support in previous years. It's enabling me to make some big strides!
Let me know what some of your 2025 goals are in the comments!
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Welcome to my channel! • Writing Vlogs and Writing Resources from Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2024-12-31 | Welcome to my channel! My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I write Regency romance with the aim to traditionally publish. My hope is to encourage you on your writing journey, provide some entertainment, and share the lessons I've learned along the way. I post a lot of writing vlogs along with the occasional sit down/topical video. Below are some of the main resources you'll find here on my channel.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.2024: Thats a Wrap! Reviewing what I accomplished and what I didnt in 2024 • Meredith E PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2024-12-27 | Here we are at the end of another year. How was 2024 for you? What goals did you accomplish? What was left undone?
I had such a great 2024. There was so much encouragement each step of the way and I feel like I'm on the right track. Thank you for following along with me, whether you've been here a day or four and a half years! Write on!
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Making a revision to do list (okay, I made TWO) and trying to revise Act I • A Writing VlogMeredith E. Phillips2024-12-20 | I've considered, I've planned, I've made to do lists. In fact, I made TWO to do lists, thank you very much. But after all the organizing fun, it's time to get down to business and actually do the revision work. I know...it was a shock to me, too, that a plan and a list wasn't the end product. Anyway, I dove into Act I, swapped some POVs, trimmed some words, and all in all am feeling very good about this fresh set of revision work!
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Querying Chronicles S1, Ep.5: I got a book deal offer...but did I take it? • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2024-12-17 | I've been keeping back a bit of goings on from you. Getting a book deal offer was not on my 2024 bingo card, but here we are.
The big question, though, is: did I take it? There were a lot of pros and cons to the situation and in the end I did what I thought was best for me. Would you have chosen differently?
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Lets Start Draft 5: Organizing my mentors feedback and making progress • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2024-12-13 | Let's start draft 5?? I'm trying to get a handle on the feedback and figure out the best way to organize things so I can create a map for myself on how and what to revise/change/delete/alter/etc. WHEW! It's a sizable amount of work, but I'm feeling good about the current state of the book and I'm excited to see what it looks like in a month!
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.I got my manuscript critique back early 👀 • Organizing and evaluating feedback • Meredith E PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2024-12-10 | The manuscript critique is BACK and I'm so excited to dive into this next round of revisions! It felt like there was a great mix of positive comments and constructive criticism and I'm honestly feeling very encouraged about the whole thing. SO! Let's figure out how to organize all this, wrap my head around the revisions that are to come, and get started!
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.A Day in the Life of a Writer with a Full Time Job: Finding Time to Write • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2024-12-06 | I wanted to share how a normal weekday looks for me as a writer with a full time job. I know a lot of us struggle to find and/or make time for writing on a regular basis and this is just how I'm managing to juggle things at this point in time. If you go back a couple years, my writing life looked a lot different and there was a lot less time for it. I'm sure if you skip ahead a year or more, things will have shifted again. So please don't take this video to mean this is how a writing life "should" look! I think you need to evaluate your own life circumstances and make the best choice for you when it comes to adding a writing routine to your day or week.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.One Year of Querying: Stats & Lessons Learned • Querying Tips for 2024 • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2024-12-03 | It's been nearly a year since I started querying, so I figured it was about time to share with you some of the lessons I've learned along the way. Keep in mind that everyone has a different experience, though! If you've queried before, let us know how it went for you. Or if you're thinking to enter the query trenches in the near future, let me know your questions in the comments.
~ T I M E S T A M P S ~ 00:00 Intro 00:21 2024 Querying Stats 03:57 Why did I get so many rejections? 06:00 Lessons Learned 09:25 Lesson 1 10:38 Lesson 2 13:56 Lesson 3 18:32 Lesson 4 23:28 Lesson 5 25:45 Lesson 6 28:44 Lesson 7 29:49 Lesson 8 31:45 Outro 32:43 BONUS Tip
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Brainstorming & Refilling the Creative Well • Creative Reset • Meredith E. PhillipsMeredith E. Phillips2024-11-29 | I'm enjoying my little break from my current WIP while it's off with my mentor for feedback, but that doesn't mean my writer brain turns off. I've been wanting to dive into some other ideas I've had floating around in my head so I did a bit of brainstorming this weekend. It was nice to relax and just piddle around with some discordant thoughts for a little while without the pressure of having a specific goal in mind!
~ SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THESE PATRONS ~ Stephanie Daphne Zebrak0bra Karen Christina
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.Did I manage to revise my book in 6 days? 🌟The stunning conclusion🌟 Feat. Elder Millennial BehaviorMeredith E. Phillips2024-11-22 | WELL. Here we are. Four days before my deadline and I'm doing the absolute most to get this book as polished as possible. Did I figure out too late that my characters are displaying an excessive amount of sighing? Maybe.
All goofiness aside, I really do like this project a lot. I'm proud of the work I've done so far and while I'm DEFINITELY ready for a bit of rest, I'm also excited to see what kind of feedback I receive in a couple weeks so I can dive back in.
📚 F A V O R I T E W R I T I N G B O O K S 📚 • The Negative Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/48OGcqN • The Positive Trait Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/3O4OEtD • The Emotion Thesaurus (Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi): amzn.to/42fXEC5 • Master Lists for Writers (Brynn Donovan): amzn.to/41XCg44 • Writing for Emotional Impact (Karl Iglesias): amzn.to/3SngIuQ • The Emotional Craft of Writing (Donald Maass): amzn.to/48Bb0Lg • The Anatomy of Story (John Truby): amzn.to/3Sj0gLL • Body Beats to Build on (April W Gardner): amzn.to/3U0yqp6 • Writing Down the Bones (Natalie Goldberg): amzn.to/3U2dsWO
My name is Meredith E. Phillips and I am a Regency romance writer! I am hoping to be traditionally published one day and am using this channel to share that journey with you. My hope is that my videos are encouraging, inspiring, and motivating so that you will want to pursue your own goals and dreams!
DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you! As an Amazon Associate I earn a small commission from qualifying purchases.