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Top Posts in 2016

When you write a blog, your plan is to post only about things that will interest your readers.  You try to come up with content and titles that will pull people in through search engines.  You want content that people will tweet or pin.  But you have no way of knowing which posts will be […]

Historic Fiction: Balancing Fact and Story

Recently, I came across a question that surprised me.  Someone had asked a blogger which is more important in historical fiction – the facts or the story.  The reality is that you need both. Whether you are writing contemporary fiction, historical fiction, mysteries or fantasy, the story is at the center of it all.  Without […]

Goals for 2017 and What the Bent Agents Want

One of my goals for 2016 was the earn 50 rejections.  I failed miserably.  There are three reasons for this.  Many people simply do not respond NO.  If submission guidelines say something like “if you don’t hear from us in 10 weeks consider that NO,” I considered no response a NO. Others are just S-L-O-W […]

Naughty or Nice?

Well, which list were you on this year?  Santa’s Naughty List or Santa’s Nice List?  I must have done okay because I got an Amazon gift card.  Now I just have to decide how to spend it. My husband and I are deep into the Harry Dresden books so that’s one option. I’m also getting […]

Merry Christmas

I hope that all of you are having a wonderful Christmas Holiday!   Today is the day that we celebrate with my husband’s family.  What can I say — we like to stretch it out.  After all, you can only eat so much in just one day. I’ll be back tomorrow (Tuesday, 12/27).  In the […]

Fiction: Writing scene by sequel by scene

Way back when I was a fairly new writer, I read something about scenes and sequels and the need for both in your writing.  As I remember it, scenes are where the action takes place.  Your character has a goal, attempts to achieve it and said goal is thwarted.  Sequels are the lull before the […]

Writing Middle Grade Nonficiton

esterday I met my most recent deadline, turning in a piece of middle grade nonfiction on professional gaming.  Yes, that’s people who make money playing video and computer games like Dota 2 and CS:GO.   The funny/ironic/slightly disturbing thing about it is that it really has demonstrated the disconnect from one generation to another. My teen son […]

Step into 2017 with Storystorm

Needless to say, everyone is a little wound up about 2017.  I mean a little worse than the usual year-end angst.  I’d like to invite all you writers to step into the New Year with Storystorm. Back in November you might have missed PiBoIdMo or Picture Book Idea Month sponsored by Tara Lazar.  Unfortunately, as […]

Adaptation

Late last week I was on Twitter reading #MSWL posts and spotted this one by Alyssa Jennette, an agent with Stone Song Literary.  I have to admit it intrigued me. Just discovered Room With A View is in the public domain in the US. Who wants to write a modern update? #MSWL — Alyssa Jennette […]

Goals for 2017

Recently one of my WOW friends wrote a post about resolutions.  One of the things that Jodi wrote about what the reality that the holidays often derail even the best writing intentions.  She thinks that that is the reality behind come up with resolutions or goals for New Years.  It isn’t so much that it […]