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Top 5 Fears When Facing Feedback

Earlier this month, I sent my synopsis to my mentor. Sunday, she sent it back with feedback and I eagerly– spent the rest of the day avoiding it. I had dived into her comments on my first cha…

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Five for Friday: Beginnings

Check out this funny and useful post from Staci Troilo over on the Story Empire blog today … gave me a giggle …

Ciao! Today is a “Five for Friday” post, and I thought it might be fun to see how a novel begins. I don’t know about you, but I find beginnings to be difficult. I’m an outli…

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Everything You’re Absolutely Allowed to Get Wrong In a First Draft

Everything You’re Absolutely Allowed to Get Wrong In a First Draft

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Publishers Turn to AI to Predict Success

No one knows anything. William Goldman’s aphorism concerns Hollywood, but it’s also true of book publishing. Who would have guessed that 50 Shades would become a publishing phenomenon? …

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How To Make Dominant Female Characters Like-Able – From the Writers in the Storm Blog

by Lisa Hall-Wilson Many of us love to create female characters who are in charge. They are the boss, the leader, the take-charge and kick ass types who keep everything from the local PTA to a…

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How to Turn Fans Into Engaged Superfans

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Your Magic Garden

check out my post about walled gardens for fiction over on Story Empire today …

Hello SErs. Harmony here. Have any of you heard of a walled garden for fiction? I hadn’t until last year. And once I saw it in one place, I came across it in a whole load of other places. Oth…

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#MondayMeme #MondayBlogs

More Monday fun from Marcia’s blog …

Ever wonder how Charlie Brown met his lovable beagle, Snoopy? Well check it out! All grown up now, Snoopy has a few writing-related words from the roof of his dog house.  Enjoy!

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Book Review ~ End of Day by Mae Clair

Check out this review of a great read …

[image error]Hi Readers. Some of you have been around for a while and know that I’ve hosted author Mae Clair. Mae is one of those writers that I always look forward to her new releases because I know I…

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Surprise, it’s a case study

Check out this post on using movies to hone your writing craft …

Hi Gang. Craig here again, breaking rules left and right. I’m surprising my colleagues today, because I’m supposed to pick apart a book cover. We have assignments on Fridays, and I don’t feel like …

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