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First stab at a query letter – whatcha think?
This past Sunday, I posted about my struggles to boil my novel down to one sentence: the dreaded logline. Since…
Continue ReadingBooks vs. e-Readers: Both are here to stay
At the end of last month a blogger I follow posted 8 Reasons Regular Books Will Become an Endangered Species which…
Continue ReadingBoiling down a plot into one sentence – argh!
I know why I’ve been procrastinating lately. I’d purposely chosen to not participate in NaNoWriMo in order to concentrate on the…
Continue ReadingWeekend Grab Bag – From Writing Tips to Darth Vader’s Love Life
It’s getting colder down here in Mobile, brrr! Here’s my roundup of of blog posts I found helpful this week,…
Continue ReadingSmash That Mirror! Why Self-Referencing Critiquers Could Be Dangerous
I’ve had a blog post in mind for a while on the dangers of critiquers that self-reference motivations for your characters…
Continue ReadingWeekend Grab Bag – Writing, Austen as a Comic, and more
Sorry for the delay (did you even notice?). Yesterday morning some of wordpress.com’s servers were experiencing issues and I couldn’t…
Continue ReadingFirefly Friday – Shiny! Using Setting to Illustrate Character
Welcome to the next installment of Firefly Friday, where we examine a writing tip chestnut and marry it to my…
Continue ReadingCan You Hear Me Now? Has the hashtag outlived its usefulness?
Lately there have been posts cropping up from veteran bloggers about blogger fatigue. This week, it continued in a way…
Continue ReadingYou Say Tomato, I Say Tomahto – The Challenge of Multiple POVs
My current novel has two Points of View (POV), and boy are they completely different. One is the quirky, slightly…
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