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Traditional Publishing vs Self-publishing

In the movies, a writer types "The end" and then sends his or her manuscript off to their agent. The novel is instantly published and becomes a bestseller. We hear...

Writer Talk: Hooking a Reader from the Beginning

A while back, I wrote a blog post about opening lines and more recently I wrote an article about writing characters readers identify with. I'd like to revisit the subjects...

NaNoWriMo Day 7: How it went (And, oh yeah, it ...

Photo by Innermost Limits on Pexels.com I have the kind of body that doesn't sleep in on the weekends. Yeah. Be jealous of my circadian rhythm. I woke up around...

Troublesome Tropes in Urban Fantasy, Romance, a...

Alpha Male/Rich Asshole: The concept that a man who is power-hungry, aggressive, violent, stalkerish, possessive and territorially jealous as a romantic lead is worrisome. It not only promotes toxic masculinity,...

Writing Paranormal Women's Fiction vs Urban Fan...

I'm a planster. Meaning I plot a little, I'll do character mock up and story boards on Pinterest before I start writing, but leave pretty much everything up to the...

How to Get that Writing in a Coffee Shop Vibe a...

I found a lot of my friends in the writing community are having a tough time focusing. The Covid-19 blergh mind has hit us all, even the introverts are ready...