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Why Flashbacks Ruin Fiction
Some very great thoughts on flashbacks, back story, and character tension/motivation.
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The Love/Hate Challenge
Scribe Scribbles (otherwise known as Lady Earlene) has invited me to take part of the Love/Hate challenge. This challenge consists of writing ten things I love and ten things I hate, and then inviting ten more…
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10 Ways to Raise the Bar on Book Promotion
This has some excellent advice and things to keep in mind for one of the most confusing and fear inducing areas of writing…
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When Reading Old Writing
Recently I found myself reading old stories I’d written a long time ago. Not whole manuscripts, mind you, just bits and pieces of the story and hastily drawn out plot lines. My first reaction, as…
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What is the Genre of your Novel?
Yesterday I was finally been able to sit down to write after almost a week of chaos. Two of the goats on the farm I live at kidded this weekend, leaving me with four cute…
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The “Writer’s Curse”
I suffer from something a few call “the curse” in writing – otherwise known as the seeming inability to keep oneself from writing. I’m sure you’ve all either heard of it or have dealt with…
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3 Terrible Ways Self-Sabotage Ruins Our Success
Ah, any writer can relate to this…
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Thoughts from a Meeting Today
I met with a published author today, who I came in contact with through my doctor, of all things. She was pretty awesome, and I got some insights into the publishing world and what I should…
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When Reading Crappy Fiction…
… I’m finding that I can actually learn a few things. You probably know that most people recommend that writers consume high-quality literature, thus giving great examples of writing of which to draw upon. There’s a…