It’s In Tense

Written by on January 23, 2013 - 24 Comments
Categories: Life Observations, Reading, Writing

Since I can remember, romance books have been written in third person (character described by narrator) past tense (action already happened): “Oh, screw you, Burkett.” Reese Colton threw his cards down as the man across the table collected the two paper IOU’s along with a pile of money. Testosterone and laughter filled the fire station [...]

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Publishing Shouldn’t be a Battlefield

Written by on June 22, 2012 - 28 Comments
Categories: Rants, Self-Publishing, Writing

Have I ever mentioned how hard it is to write a book? I mean getting from Once upon a time to They rode off into the sunset is not only a difficult process … doing it well takes a lot of brain energy! (Well, for me anyway.) There are all kinds of people who believe [...]

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Books on the Move

Written by on January 11, 2012 - 1 Comment
Categories: Books, Movies, Opinions

I don’t know if Hollywood is getting lazy or if there are just so many cineplexes with 8 and 10 movies running, but it seems like more and more books are being brought to the big screen. Of course it may be the phenomenal successes of the Harry Potter and the Twilight series that are [...]

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