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Ready to Query? The Importance of Patience
I had a fellow writer friend ask my advice about the right time to submit to agents. She had everything mapped out admirably in her calendar, including sending it off to a freelance editor. She was...
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I got an agent!! No joke.
I can finally announce the news officially that I’ve been hinting about in posts. I GOT AN AGENT! The news became official while I was out of town for Georgia’s Moonlight & Magnolia Conference so I...
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So you want to NaNoWriMo? Plotting and Fast-Drafting
This was prepared by me as a presentation for this month’s Mobile Writer’s Guild monthly meeting and cross-posted on their website. I thought it could be useful to those outside their reach, so thought...
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Weekend Grab Bag – From Writing Tips to Oppan Klingon Style (Gangnam parody)
Song playing right now on my playlist: “I Shall Believe,” by Sheryl Crow Writing and the Writing Life: For those short story writers, the deadline for the Tennessee Wiliams/NOLA Fiction contest is...
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Weekend Grab Bag – From Writing Tips to Baumgartner Space Jump LEGO Reenactment!
Song playing right now on my playlist: “Pride (In The Name Of Love),” by U2 NEWS: This week MUST LOVE BREECHES won 1st place in FF&P’s On the Far Side contest in the time...
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How Accurate Do Your Historicals Need To Be?
I’ve heard various opinions on this, either in conversations with fellow writers or in blog posts. One thing I’ve found is that opinion amongst those romance writers I’ve talked to vary WIDELY. One...
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Lessons from NaNoWriMo + Novel Plotting Spreadsheet (Downloadable)
Whew! Did you make it past the goal line? If you didn’t, did you write more than you did in October? What things did you learn from the experience? This is my third year participating and my third year...
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The Case for an Awesome Title: Why It’s Important and How to Come Up With One
Today I’m guest blogging over at Jillian Chantal’s blog on The Case for an Awesome Title: Why It’s Important and How to Come Up With One, stop on by and say hi! Filed under: Writing Tagged:...
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Getting Around on the Webz: Links to Interviews
Continuing with promotion week for BEER AND GROPING IN LAS VEGAS, here’s where I’ll be today! Donna Cummings Where we chat about geekdom, writing and tea! Babette James Where I share some inside scoops...
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Guest Post: Strategies for Replenishing Your Writing Self
Today I’m on Mina Khan’s blog with “Strategies for Replenishing Your Writing Self” where I share what I do when I’m burnt out, discouraged, or hit a setback. What do YOU do? Filed under: Writing...
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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, or just plain laugh at us. Case in point Yesterday, a fellow writer posted this some-ecard...
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Dealing with Critiques and Reviews – the 40-20-40 Rule
One of my earliest blog posts was about dealing with critiques and I shared what I called the 30-40-30 rule that I learned from my uncle. Well I just had a short vacation with said uncle and found out...
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A MS Word Macro to Spot Simultaneity Issues in your WIP
Jami Gold recently had two articles on using Macros to help in your editing and polishing phase of your manuscript: MS Word Trick: Using Macros to Edit and Polish and Fix Showing vs. Telling with...
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Ack! 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 BREECHES. I’ve since then finished the first draft and have been working on high-level revisions since. I...
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MUST LOVE BREECHES featured on USAToday’s HEA column!
It’s ramping up to the release date next Wednesday, and I’m nervous and excited. There’ s also so many balls I’m trying to keep in the air, I’m already hunched over and cringing waiting for one of them...
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MUST LOVE BREECHES Released Today!
and…. about sum it up for me right now! It’s available on all major outlets, including outside the US. More will be opening soon as a foreign distributor populates some German and Spanish outlets....
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Release Day for STEAM ME UP, RAWLEY + Giveaway!
Note: Stay tuned to the end for a giveaway! To all outward appearances today, as I put out my second full-length novel, this is me at the start of this GIF, trying to be all cool and stuff, and then...
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