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In Your Own Back Yard

Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
I awoke to an early-morning birdsong symphony, then held a steaming cup of coffee to my mouth, with swirling vapors escaping into the ether as I breathed in the dawn’s newness.  Looking out over the expanse of green grass and trees rolling to the hills, the sun announced its…

Community, by Carole Howard

Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
Quick: What community or communities are you a member of? Chances are, you thought of your town/city. Maybe your congregation. Or your family.  As far as I’m concerned, though, communities come in many other shapes and sizes. For example, my husband once played in a pick-up touch football league…

How Not to Get Noticed by Other Writers, Agents, Other Publishing Types, and Book Junkies

Originally posted on Second Wind Publishing:
This is my own personal 10 steps on how NOT to get noticed by other writers, agents, various other publishing types, and assorted book junkies.  These tips, of course, are in no particular order.  Failure to follow any one or more might risk exposing yourself to being (gulp) noticed.…

How to Write a Beginning that Snaps

The beginning of your story is the most important part.�� This applies no matter what you are writing; an epic trilogy, a novel, a short story, memoire, fiction or nonfiction. Now that I said it, I will tell you that this is a statement I personally do not agree with. Some writers, publishers, and agents […]

How Not to Get Noticed by Other Writers, Agents, Other Publishing Types, and Book Junkies

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Interview with L.V. Gaudet on Smashwords

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Grammatical Correctness, is it wrong?

Is being grammatically correct really correct? From the beginning years of grade school, you were admonished to ���watch your grammar.����� Through the years growing up, your grammar was corrected, your papers were graded on the use of proper grammar, and you were advised to fix your grammar. Now you have made that final step and […]

Balancing Time and Writing

Who isn���t balancing time?�� Life is full of commitments and responsibilities.�� And then there are the things we just want to do.�� Family, work, school, friends, Game of Thrones, Vikings, you name it. Sometimes balancing time for writing and editing can seem almost impossible. For myself, I juggle full time work, being the ���housewife���, a […]

It’s All in A (Pen) Name

As most writers have already figured out, names are an important tool in writing. The name alone, on first impression, can make a character seem weak or strong, nasty or gentle, or even wise or foolish. As an example, in the old television series Grizzly Adams (the younger generation of writers may never have heard […]

It���s All in A (Pen) Name

As most writers have already figured out, names are an important tool in writing. The name alone, on first impression, can make a character seem weak or strong, nasty or gentle, or even wise or foolish. As an example, in the old television series Grizzly Adams (the younger generation of writers may never have heard […]