Happy Birthday to my dear friend Wendy Duren!!!!
We met online back when she had an awesome blog (which I continue to miss). Wendy is the one who reads my first manuscript drafts. She’s tough but exceptionally good at seeing where a book goes wrong and at remembering my older books and being able to compare and contrast them. For example, she read the very first draft of YOUR MOUTH DRIVES ME CRAZY, a book set in Hawaii, and said: “This could be New Jersey.” Her point? I hadn’t done a very good job of setting the scene on the first try. If you read YMDMC now, I think you’ll see that her critique made the book a thousand times better on that score. All remaining writing issues are mine. Wendy tries, but I don’t always listen. 
In other cool news, Wendy is nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize for the very first short story she ever wrote. Yeah, she’s that good.
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Happy Birthday Wendy!!
Congrats on the nonimation too.
by Dina March 22nd, 2008 at 1:04 pmOops, typo sorry.
by Dina March 22nd, 2008 at 1:05 pmCongratulations to Wendy on her nomination! Happy Easter to all!!
Pat Cochran
by Patricia Cochran March 22nd, 2008 at 4:23 pmA BIG HUGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY WENDY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
by Virginia H. March 22nd, 2008 at 4:25 pmThank you to all!
by Wendy March 22nd, 2008 at 9:14 pmHappy Birthday Wendy!
by Liza March 23rd, 2008 at 2:45 pmHooray, Wendy! What a terrific way to celebrate your birthday!
by Fedora March 23rd, 2008 at 3:09 pmBelated happy birthday to Wendy! I hope you had a wonderful time celebrating
by Stacy ~ March 24th, 2008 at 3:44 am