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Dead Darlings

Craft: Describe your editing/revision process. How do you make that mess of a first draft into a real book?  

And they're off... by Cathy Ace

Craft: Describe your editing/revision process. How do you make that mess of a first draft into a real book?


In a word, my editing/revision process is…PAINFUL!


I love writing my first draft, I hate the fir...

Inside the Sausage Factory

Describe your editing/revision process. How do you make that mess of a first draft into a real book?

- From Frank

Cleaning House

Q: Describe your editing/revision process. How do you make that mess of a first draft into a real book?-from Susan Sadly, my revision process is as messy as my creation process and is not a template for fellow writers. But, working under the umbrella of “Do what I say, not what I do,” I will share a f...12pt;">Sadly,Susan-frombook?

Networking? Really?

Bouchercon has just concluded. Networking is a vital component of our business, never more so than at a conference. How do you approach it?
Sitting on the other side of the pond, it’s not easy to make the annual pilgrimage to Bouchercon. In fact my only visit to date was St Petersburg last year. And what an eye-opener it...

Talk to Me

From Jim

I’ve just returned from my annual pilgrimage to Bouchercon, the world’s largest crime-writers and -readers conference. This year it was held in Dallas and welcomed 1,700 enthusiasts. I’ve been recuperating for three days, totally knocked out and sick. Bouchercon is not for the faint of heart, but I loved every minute of it!

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Networking or not working?

by Dietrich

Painless Networking

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Making Connections by Brenda

Bouchercon has just concluded. Networking is a vital component of our business, never more so than at a conference. How do you approach it?
The first book conference I attended was called Bloody Words, at that time Canada’s national conference) and it was being held in my home city Ottawa. I had my first middle grade book mystery i...class="p1">

Power Outage

by Paul D. Marks

If I don’t answer this week’s question, it’s because Southern California Edison has cut our power in a preventative measure to hopefully prevent fires. It happened earlier this week and might happen again. And even if we have power today/Friday, if they keep cutting the power all week I won’t be able to work on my blog post. But I would refer you to Susan and Frank and Cathy and Catriona, who all did great posts earlier in the week.

In the meantime, here’s some...