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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 people to join the chain of simultaneously appreciating and despising bloggers. Ready, set, go! Ten Things To Love: This list, of…
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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 I’m sure most writers can relate so, was the feeling of embarrassed amusement at my level of skill – and…
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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 factories running around the barn. The moms are taking care of them very well, thank goodness, but one has triplets…
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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 it yourself. The lying awake at night unable to go to sleep with all the pictures in your brain. Being…
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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 expect. The gist of the conversation was that ALL publishing methods have pros and cons, you MUST be an aggressive…
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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 lot of unconscious work that is going on here, as many of us lead by example and pick up good…