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The Wimp Effect

I’d like to welcome guest author blogger Rayne Hall. Take it away Rayne … Readers don’t like wusses. Heroes – male or female – may be frightened, but they may not be wusses. Often, the difference lies not in the hero’s actions, but in the words you’ve used. You may have created a spunky, heroic, [...]

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And Doesn’t that Seem Obvious?

So, I was talking to a wonderful author who read BLIND HER WITH BLISS. She thought it was fast-paced and a great read. But … and this is very interesting…she needed some time to digest information. Time to understand the actions of the heroine after she’s made a decision to go in another direction. Huh, [...]

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By the Seat of my Pants

Today I’m hanging at Savvy Authors talking about Pantsing through manuscripts vs Plotting stories. Every writer has their method of getting from “Once upon a time…” to “…lived happily ever after”. I hope you’ll come on over grab a margarita and join in the discussion. I’m always interested in finding out how other people get through [...]

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Is it really necessary?

I’m in the process of rewriting a book I’ve always loved, but it really just isn’t ready for public consumption. It’s hard. I LOVE this story, but finding the gold in the pile of crud is really a daunting task. Mostly because I love writing narrative. Long, flowing descriptions of people and places. Paragraphs of [...]

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A Whole Lot of Nothing

I really don’t know what’s wrong with me. But I’ve got nothing for you today. I actually wrote a whole long post about a series I finished recently. But it was really negative and in talking about the books it wasn’t going to teach anything or create a discussion worth having, so I stuck it [...]

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Surviving Rejection

I know everyone reading this blog isn’t a writer. But every once in awhile I like to throw in some advice to new or aspiring authors. Publishing is a hard business and sometimes it’s nice to know others have gone this road before you and survived! And today I’d like to talk about the $@#!& cursed awful rotten inevitable [...]

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An Author’s Ramblings

This is a crazy month for me. Lots of traveling to visit family which is wonderful, but it also is cutting into my writing time. This is only a problem because I’ve really got to pull my act together and start working. I have plenty of projects, but I can’t seem to settle on one and [...]

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Getting it Juuuust Right

With Amazon, B&N and other venues making it so easy to publish a book, there’s lots of talk in the publishing world about editing. When I first started writing I believed I’d send my manuscript in and some editor-type person would have a look at it, tell me they liked it, but … And I thought [...]

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Imagine the Image

Today my man is going for a job interview. We pawed through his closet putting together the whole shirt/tie/suit jacket/pant ensemble. Did it match? Did it make a statement and if so, was it the right one? He’s a big guy and some clothes pinch around the collar or snug too tight around the arms. I thought [...]

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Don’t Follow the Crowd

So I’ve been thinking a lot about this writer’s gig and I’ve realized … I march to my own beat! Oh, quiet all of you who know me well. Pick yourselves up off the floor, stop laughing, and let me explain this revelation. Yes, it’s true … I’ve never done it the easy way. I’m the [...]

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