Category: writing
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NaNoWriMo almost Here, and Do I Have a Surprise for You
I never do NaNoWriMo, because I believe if you’re a writer, you should write. Period. One month of excitement is not going to change your […]
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You Are Worth Every Word You Write
I know I’ve been away for a while, because I’ve been in the midst of the frantic throes of releasing my new novel, The Conscience […]
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How Much Does It Cost to Publish a Book?
This post was originally posted at my personal blog. A friend of mine emailed and asked: If you don’t mind me asking, how much did […]
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Editing Your First Novel: 7 Things You Must Know
I had written and completed numerous shorter works over the years, but The Conscience of Abe’s Turn: Season 1 Episodes 1-4 is the first full […]
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PersonalityPage, Character Traits for Writers
I frequently use PersonalityPage.com to assemble personality traits for characterization. The site is not organized for writers. In fact, the site navigation is poorly designed […]
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Why I Don’t do 70 Days of Sweat (and other sprints)
70 Days of Sweat, Round 3 begins tomorrow. I will not be participating. Just as I participate in neither NaNoWriMo nor NaNoEdMo. Why not? What […]
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Discovering Character Secrets from Your Relatives!
Much of the time, we treat relatives as obligations: “Yeah, but what can you do? He’s family.” This year, during the holiday break between December […]
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The Most Important Story Element
In the beginning, I was a software developer, not a writer. And if you’ve read any open-source documentation, you know how badly software developers write. […]
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3 Steps To Writing Winning Fiction Characters
(Originally posted on EZineArticles.com.) Character is the single most important aspect of a story, because if you have compelling characters, you can get away with […]
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A Sure-Fire Cure for Writer’s Block
I got this from a copywriting maven… Sorry, I don’t remember who. Maybe it was Dan Kennedy. Or the late Gary Halbert. It might have […]
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