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A writer's busy life.
Writers have very busy lives. I had no idea how busy until I decided to write full-time. 1. You need to constantly work on your WIP (work in progress, for non-writers). 2. Create…
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Don't let self-doubt stop you from achieving your goals
Don’t doubt yourself so much that you cripple yourself as a writer. This just happened to me. As most of you know, I am a member of Prose & Cons, a multi-author blog…
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New Authors Blog– Prose & Cons are breaking out!
Today is the day folks! Our new authors blog, Prose & Cons on Blogger launches today. The Prose Cons are authors, literary agents, publishers, book reviewers and editors– books start with us. We…
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Interview with Cat Burglar, Shawny Daniels
I am pleased to have with us today Shawny Daniels from Timber Point. To give you a little background about Shawny, she is my protagonist (and friend) from Timber Point, Dancing In The…
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Hannibal TV show. Why I love it and how fiction writers can learn from it.
WARNING: Images are NOT suitable for all ages. They are NOT real, but still may cause nightmares in young children. Hannibal is by far one of my favorite shows on TV. The writers…
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Top 5 Tips for Researching Your Fiction Novel
Research is extremely time-consuming, but well worth the effort. After all, you never want to get your facts wrong, even with fiction. Here are my top 5 tips for researching your novel……
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5 Tips for a Killer Ending
Most readers want a resolution, an ending to satisfy their need to see that everything worked out. That’s one way to go. Or you can go a different route. Who can forget movies…
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Five Elements of Thriller Writing… Creating Suspense and Tension in Thrillers
I decided to research tips about creating intense suspense, twists, and turns in thriller writing. If who haven’t checked out my earlier posts on sequel writing, you can review them here: Your Inner…
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Me and My Big Mouth! Write what you mean on social media, texting and emails
Have you ever written something and when you went back to read it you thought, “What the hell happened?” One day last week I thought I was writing magic. The words flowed beautifully.…
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Creating Characters in Fiction
In an earlier post Character Building– Why is JUSTIFIED justified in fiction writing I wrote about character traits. Today I’d like to delve a little deeper. Characters are the most important element of…
