One of my earliest blog posts was about dealing with critiques and I shared what I called the 30-40-30 rule…
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Are you using a thesaurus correctly? And is this irony?
Sometimes I wonder about the universe and how it will sync random events to make a point, teach us something,…
Continue ReadingMy Thoughts on the New Golden Heart Scoring System
The scores for Romance Writer’s of America’s (RWA) unpublished manuscript contest, The Golden Heart, have been sent and there’s already…
Continue ReadingAre You an Obsessive Series Reader?
If you read and enjoyed Book One of a series, do you then have to read all of the rest?…
Continue ReadingAgent Pitch Prep Tip: Make Dossiers
Conference seasons is here again! Some of you may be headed to the RT Convention coming up shortly and participating…
Continue ReadingMelding the Enneagram with Brooks’ 3 Dimensions of Character
I’ve been meaning to pen this post for a while, and Jami Gold’s post from yesterday, How to Use Character Flaws…
Continue ReadingAck! I have a plot hole! Techniques to Solve in an Early Stage
So, last time I truly posted, I was taking a blogging hiatus to work on the sequel to MUST LOVE…
Continue ReadingBelievability in high stakes with paranormal fiction–can death be pulled off?
!SPOILER ALERT! I will be mentioning by name the death of a secondary character in a Nora Roberts’ Circle Trilogy…
Continue ReadingWriter Wednesday: Using Bit.ly as part of your marketing campaign
This is one of those posts I hate to write, because there’s probably other services people like better and I’m…
Continue ReadingWriter Wednesday: When You Hit That Wall, Do You Nurse Your Head, Or Climb Over?
This is the full post! Sorry about the earlier post, I accidentally hit Publish, instead of Save Draft, so email…
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