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Seth Augenstein
Sep 7, 20185 min read
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...
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Nicole Asselin
Sep 5, 20182 min read
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...
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Laura Kemp
Sep 4, 20183 min read
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...
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Tiffany Rose
Sep 4, 20182 min read
Wow, it’s August and I have a story for you
So last month I joked how no one leaves books in my Little Free Library and how it’s no big deal because thanks to my Patreon it’s always...
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Elgon Williams
Aug 28, 20183 min read
Going Home
This past week I was reminded of the old saying about never being able to go back home. I have often said that I grew up two-miles from...
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Laura Ellen Scott
Aug 26, 20182 min read
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...
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Penni Jones
Aug 25, 20183 min read
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...
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Matt Coleman
Aug 25, 20186 min read
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...
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Joanna Evans
Aug 23, 20182 min read
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...
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Jessica Dainty
Aug 23, 20182 min read
The Deep End
Comedian Jim Gaffigan jokes that having a fourth child is like being in a pool drowning and having someone literally throw you a baby....
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Ward Parker
Aug 23, 20182 min read
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,...
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by Benny Sims
Aug 17, 20182 min read
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...
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by Nola Nash
Aug 15, 20182 min read
Roll With It
I'm going to keep this one short and sweet, because, frankly, rolling with it is exhausting. And I've been doing a lot of rolling. So...
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Cheri Champagne
Aug 13, 20184 min read
Cheri's 20 Questions! - An Interview With Author, Laura Kemp
Welcome to the fourth edition of Cheri's 20 Questions! My interviewee today is the wonderfully talented Laura Kemp. Welcome! Laura is the...
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Seth Augenstein
Aug 7, 20184 min read
The Accounts Are Never Closed: A Review of the New Hemingway Story
A young and hungry and happy writer forges his craft with thousands of hours in an unheated garret in Paris, creating a crisp new style...
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Nicole Asselin
Aug 4, 20182 min read
Looking for Inspiration
Ah yes, that age old question that all authors get at some point in their careers. "So......where do you get your ideas from?" It's a...
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Laura Kemp
Aug 4, 20183 min read
Keepin' it Real
When my family planned our annual summer vacation we were looking for loads of adventure mixed with heavy doses of water and woods. Our...
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Tiffany Rose
Aug 3, 20182 min read
Rose's Little Free Library | August
I run an official Little Free Library out of an up-cycled tool-locker that I dubbed The Read Box. The face of it reads "Free Book Rentals...
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Elgon Williams
Jul 28, 20185 min read
Shopping with Amazon -or- Wrestling the 800-Pound Gorilla & Winning (Sometimes)
I order stuff from Amazon. These days, who doesn’t? It doesn't mean that I never shop at brick and mortar stores, just they no longer get...
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Laura Ellen Scott
Jul 26, 20183 min read
Hide Something Today
The photo accompanying this post is the treasure map we drew on the walls of our cabin in West Virginia before putting up new paneling....
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