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What It Takes to be Published and Some Links You Might Like 27 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
Congratulations, Patty! You won a copy of BURNING SKY. Lori will be in touch with how to get it. ;-) Nearly every time I say I'm a writer and that I'm nearing the end of a complete rough dra...
Author Interview: Lori Benton and BURNING SKY 20 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
(Be sure to comment to be included in a book give away of BURNING SKY. [U.S. residents only]) Lori Benton is another of my Books and Writers Forum buddies where we have shared critiques and words ...
Author Interview: Barbara Rogan and A DANGEROUS FICTION 13 Aug 2013 | 09:30 am
Barbara Rogan is another great writer I’ve met at the Book and Writer’s Forum. She regularly facilitates the monthly exercises in the Writers Exercise folder. Her exercises always make me stretch as a...
Beats 7 Aug 2013 | 12:41 am
Beats are one of the little, nifty writing terms that aren't immediately understandable...at least they weren't to me. ;-) But they are so important in dialogue sections that to remove them is to lea...
I'm Back.... 30 Jul 2013 | 09:30 am
...Well at least to a degree. Last Friday marked two weeks since my surgery and my foot is now completely unpacked and I can wear my shoe again. Even better, I can take a bath in the shower, not the s...
Base Jumping 23 Jul 2013 | 09:30 am
Writing carries a certain element of base-jumping, really. Fling yourself, fly, and only worry about the moment, the simple accuracy needed for a free fall, until your chute deploys and you have the t...
While I'm Recuperating... 16 Jul 2013 | 09:30 am
I thought I'd entertain you with a bit of news about what's going on with my favorite's author's books. And here's a fair warning, I'm going all fan girl here. ; ) https://www.facebook.com/Outlander...
I'll be back...I promise... 9 Jul 2013 | 09:30 am
Sometimes we have to admit that Real Life is knocking us down. My left foot needs a bit of surgery and it's scheduled for Friday. Then I'll be off my feet for a minimum of two weeks. That means I won'...
Continuity 2 Jul 2013 | 09:30 am
Continuity is important to novelists. It's jarring for a reader to find that the father is accidentally called by his son's name like I saw in a historical novel recently. Continuity errors creep in s...
Goals 25 Jun 2013 | 09:30 am
Goals are one of those little things that most writers have. They range from specific--write 3000 words a week--to the vague--work on something connected to a work in progress most days. I'm more on ...
