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Every so often, I get stuck, not painted into a corner, just stuck for the right words to use to tell the story. Usually, my ‘cattle prod’ is my daughter who asks, “Well, what happens next?” Today’s question was “How do I get into the action more directly?” I’ve been mulling the plot and storyline over in my mind and… Continue reading "What To Do When You’re Stuck"
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The average publisher these days is inundated with manuscripts from a variety of levels of expertise. Being polite, minding your manners, is a good way to impress the publisher, even if they don’t publish the book/story you’re pitching. So what constitutes “good manners”? There are a lot of things that should be self-evident, but you’d be surprised how many people… Continue reading "Miss Manners Says Be Nice To Your Publisher"
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I’m working on a different type of novel than I normally write. I’m hoping to make it a young teen book, but I won’t know for sure if I’ve succeeded until my best friend’s granddaughter reads it. She’s the right age but I don’t know if she’s not biased towards anything I write because I’m friends with her Nana. We’ll… Continue reading "Different Type of Novel"
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If readers like the cover, they read the blurb on the back/inside cover to see if their first instincts were right. It’s human nature and there’s not a whole lot we, as writers, can do about it. Or is there? The hardest part, I think, of writing is finding a cover that fits your idea of the contents of the… Continue reading "Cover To Cover – It’s A Writer’s Job"
