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Mulligans
No, this is not about golf. I’m not a golfer. If you're looking for golf stories...Well, I have one, but it isn't really about do overs....
Elgon Williams
Oct 17, 20187 min read
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I Strain, You Strain, We All Strain For Eye Strain
They call it Computer Vision Syndrome, sometimes referred to as Digital Eye Strain. You’re reading this on a computer, smart phone, or...
Benny Sims
Oct 17, 20183 min read
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Insect Allies, Unit 731 and Project 137: Fact Into Fiction?
The project is called “Insect Allies,” and it has sent chills down the spines of millions. The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects...
Seth Augenstein
Oct 7, 20183 min read
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Read you, wrote you
"A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people." Will Rogers And I agree. Although,...
Nicole Asselin
Oct 4, 20182 min read
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Pay No Attention to the Writer Behind the Curtain
In a few short weeks my book will be released to the world, my very first baby, the one I spent years fretting about and writing and...
Laura Kemp
Oct 3, 20183 min read
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THE SURPRISING EFFECTS OF WRITING A SCREENPLAY
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is just around the corner. Last year, the annual November event did not result in a novel for...
Joanna Evans
Sep 23, 20182 min read
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A Simple Hack for Keeping Track of Your Plot
How do you plot out a novel? I am not an outliner, but I'm not really SOP (seat of pants) either. I've got a general idea of where I want...
Susan Kuchinskas
Sep 22, 20182 min read
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Marketer, Sell Thyself
Book marketing is not easy. When I signed the contracts for my first novels, I thought that after my many, many years in advertising (I...
Ward Parker
Sep 21, 20183 min read
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JULE'S TAKING MYSELF TO THE MOVIES BLOG
Jule's TAKING MYSELF TO THE MOVIES Rainy, autumn days have arrived and I wake up every day, check the movie schedules at my local...
Jule Selbo
Sep 16, 20184 min read
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Resting
I’m a big proponent of letting your manuscript rest prior to editing. This is because, for most writers, a great deal of writing happens...
Rachel Schoenbauer
Sep 15, 20182 min read
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To outline or not to outline - what was the question?
I'm at the end of a 3rd draft (rapidly becoming a 4th) of a middle grade adventure novel. My 13 year protagonist/hacker moves into his...
Tony Ollivier
Sep 10, 20183 min read
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A Literary Legend – and then Some
Keith Botsford was an important man. If you didn’t know that, he would be sure to tell you. The descendant of European aristocracy, he...
Seth Augenstein
Sep 7, 20185 min read
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Time to Write (or lack thereof)
Ugh. Finding time to write is hard ya'll. Most writers have full time jobs, full time family, and full time stress. Writing sometimes...
Nicole Asselin
Sep 5, 20182 min read
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Go for the Gold!
When I sat down to think about what to write about this month I came up with… absolutely nothing. And that got me thinking. This...
Laura Kemp
Sep 4, 20183 min read
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Happy New Year
After one of the laziest summers I can recall, the beginning of the academic year is upon me, and all of a sudden there’s so much stress...
Laura Ellen Scott
Aug 26, 20182 min read
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Gearing Up For Bouchercon
In October 2016, my FB newsfeed was full of posts about Bouchercon. It was in New Orleans that year, and it was apparently the best time...
Penni Jones
Aug 25, 20183 min read
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Setting the Table for Suspense
In a relatively famous interview, Alfred Hitchcock talks about suspense. He describes a five minute conversation about baseball around a...
Matt Coleman
Aug 25, 20186 min read
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The Law of Attraction, Publishing and Manifesting Your Reality
I was talking to someone recently and the subject of the Law of Attraction came up. What is that? I am no expert and I’m just beginning...
Joanna Evans
Aug 23, 20182 min read
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Write With Your Ears
If you specialize in literary fiction or poetry, you might not need to listen to my advice. But if you write commercial, genre fiction,...
Ward Parker
Aug 23, 20182 min read
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The Right Set of Eyes
Once upon a time, I was so desperate to have my manuscript accepted by an agent or publisher that I listened to any advice that came my...
by Benny Sims
Aug 17, 20182 min read
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