The life of a writer
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Out With The Old… And Musings About Going Traditional (Publishing)
2014 has been an amazing year. Murder blog was born, I joined Prose & Cons, I wrote three full-length novels and began many others. The one I’m working on now is very exciting. (I…
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Critiquing A Partner's Work– Fiction Writing
How we treat one another is so important. If you believe as I do bad karma will come back to bite you. More specifically, how we critique another writer’s work. Recently I saw…
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Thank YOU! And A Sneak Peek of MARRED
Because I’m a bit of a nonconformist I’m not going to write a Thanksgiving post. There are plenty out there for you to enjoy. I will say, however, that I am thankful for…
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Ethical Author Code
I don’t often reblog. Rather, if I find something worth sharing I usually put it in my own words and then give the author the credit. But I felt this was important to…
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Supporting One Another In The Writing Community
As many of you know my friend and author Joe Clifford has a new book out. LAMENTATION is making its rounds. There are even talks of a movie deal. No. This is not…
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I've Converted! Outlining vs. Pantsing in Fiction Writing
As some of you know I’ve been working on a new book. I am very excited about this project because I think it’s one of the best stories I’ve ever written. I’ll give…
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Another Thank You To My Prose & Cons Family
There are times when we all need help. Seeing our own work as others see it is extremely difficult. We spent countless hours crafting our characters, plot lines and twist, shaping and reshaping…
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NIGHTMARE ON QUERY STREET – QUERY TIPS
So I have some incredible news. I made it into Nightmare On Query Street. I know, I know, it’s very excited. For a while I was on the edge of my seat. The…
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Nightmare in October – Come to Query Street… if you dare!
Did you know that October is the biggest submission month of the year? From now until the end of the year agents and editors are stocking up on submissions. So it’s a great…
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My Writing Process blog tour
This is the last blog tour on my schedule. This tour hit the authors on Prose & Cons. A few of them, anyway. First up was Helen Hanson. Helen works in the high-tech…