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Lesson Twenty-Four from a Manuscript Red Line: Remembering where your characters are

Do you pay attention to where your characters are in a scene? Are you sure? I thought I was sure too. Guess what? For an intro into where these tips are coming from, please see my post: A Full Manuscript Read more

January 16, 2012
“Can you hit a perfect pitch?” Writer’s Contest

Yay! I love contests, especially when they mean MAJOR EXPOSURE. Here’s a great one, sponsored by Brenda Drake. Here’s the scoop (Copied from Brenda Drake’s website.) Here’s how the contest is going down … On January 15th post a two Read more

January 15, 2012
Annoying Words, and a Lesson about “Trendy Words” in your novel

Every year, Lake Superior State University releases a tongue in cheek list of words that are misused and overused and have become generally useless in the English language. Here is the list for 2011: LSSU’s 2012 List Of Banished Words Read more

January 11, 2012
Lesson Twenty-Three from a Manuscript Red Line: Kindle Syndrome

Does your novel have Kindle Syndrome? Would you be able to recognize it if it did? For an intro into where these tips are coming from, please see my post: A Full Manuscript Rejection, or a Gold Mine? You can Read more

January 9, 2012
Kreativ Blogger Winners – And a bunch of honorable mentions

Wow…. Next time I promise to look at 126 blogs someone SMACK ME. This was fun, though. Can I say one thing? Guys, please… if you are just blogging for the fun of it, disregard this comment. However, if you Read more

January 7, 2012
Kreativ Blogger Winners. Who to choose? Who to Choose?

I’ve been thinking about Kreativ Blogger winners. This has been hard, because I just nominated a bunch of people for Versatile blogger. I don’t want to be redundant and just nominate the same people. Sooooo…. This is what she’s gonna Read more

January 6, 2012