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Writing to Market - Is It For You?

When you break it down, there are two basic reasons we choose to write. Either we write because we love it, or we write because we want...

Show Your Readers All Kinds of Love and Write an Outstanding Story

How? With deeper, more passionate characters and creative plotting. I couldn’t let February pass by without focusing on the theme of...

Is Your Beta Reader a Superhero or Soul Sucker?

Finding the right beta reader can often be as difficult as finding that minuscule sliver of glass embedded under your skin and just as...

AN INSPIRING CONVERSATION WITH AUTHOR REBECCA LANGE

Please join me for this inspirational conversation with Christian Romance Author Rebecca Lange, who is about to release her eleventh...

Cash in on the Benefits of Deep Point of View

All too often, and not only when critiquing a manuscript or editing for one of my clients but also when I’m simply reading a book for...

Are You Dating Your Story?

And no, I'm not talking about dinner and a movie. What I’m talking about here is whether putting the year in a timeline is a good idea....

Multicultural Romance Author – Dei Araujo

Dei comes from a proud military family and is a retired Air Force officer herself. She’s currently living her real-life love story in...

What's World Building Got to Do with Writing Contemporary Fiction? Everything!

No matter where you live on this Earth, I imagine your world is somewhat different than it was a year ago, and I want you to think about...

GOT LEAKS IN YOUR PLOT?

Avoid Those Small Leaks Because They Ultimately Lead to Major Cracks Ever read a story that had tiny leaks in its plotline? Those...

20 Things You Need to Know About Your Main Character

Have you been told your characters are one or two-dimensional? Perhaps you’re having trouble weaving your character arc or connecting those

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SHEDDING THE UGLY MASK FROM SELF-EDITING

What you envision when you think about self-editing is nothing but a mask that simply needs to be peeled away. I swear it! Daily, I hear w

Are You On Pace To Get Your Readers Over the Finish Line?

How important is pacing? Probably more than you realize. Poor pacing can easily send your book to the donate pile. Or worse, the garbage pil

Getting Back to Basics - Fact vs. Fiction

Fact: A thing that is indisputably the case. Fiction: Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that descri

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