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Getting to know your Characters
Inspiration for your Writing: Getting to know your Characters

Inspiration for your Writing: Getting to know your Characters

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Happy Tuesday, I’ve been spending a lot of time writing, re-writing, editing this month. Last week, I had an epiphany which put my writing in perspective. Currently, I am writing a new WIP, Nellie Stockbridge Mystery, and an old work entitled Woman in a Pale Dress – a MS I completed “ages” ago, but was such a mess I threw it in a drawer. While writing on both, at different times during the day, I discovered a startling difference between…

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Developing Good Writing Habits
How to Beat the Writing Devils

How to Beat the Writing Devils

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Happy Friday, Idleness is the writers devil. But we can’t write “all” the time, can we? Actually, it comes down to your definition of writing. In a previous note, I mentioned that writing alone is hard. Yes, we DO write alone, but without connections with other writers, we feel ALONE – then that little devil creeps in, lying to you: “You can’t do this? Why even bother? You don’t have the time.” If you have two minutes (like reading this…

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Writing Tip in a Nutshell
Daily Digest: Plotting in a Nutshell: The Three Acts

Daily Digest: Plotting in a Nutshell: The Three Acts

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Happy Cyber Monday, Before you head out and buy too much stuff, or if you have already, then here’s a little tidbit that can help you even if you are at the beginning, middle or nearing the end of your book. Many writers have a difficult time understanding the concept of Plotting. Every writer is different: some are pantsers (write by the seat of their pants), others outline and still others, like me, are in-between. Even after years of writing…

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