December 2011
36 posts
Guest Author - Jolyn Palliata →
Meet paranormal romance author Jolyn Palliata, who’s here today to share a little about her latest book with us. Pull up a chair, grab a cuppa, and settle in…. Did you ever get a song…
Dec 28th
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My Take on One-Pass Manuscript Revision « Cameron... →
Yep - this.
Dec 26th
A Gift for You - Merry Christmas! →
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays or whatever warm greeting you prefer to all my fabulous blog readers. I wish you all peace, good food, and plenty of time to read and/or write in the…
Dec 25th
Serial Novel: Falling in Public, Ch. 31 →
This serial novel is posted in draft form every Friday. To receive each installment via email, please sign up here. Ch.1|Ch. 2|Ch. 3|Ch. 4|Ch. 5|Ch. 6|Ch. 7|Ch. 8|
Dec 24th
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The Literary Lab: Why I Write These Days →
I love this. Write first for the sheer joy of the act, nothing more, nothing less.
Dec 23rd
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Heidi Sutherlin: Happy Birthday to Me, Free Book... →
Happy, happy birthday Heidi - only she’s giving you a gift! :-)
Dec 22nd
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Feeling Grinchy About KDP Select | Kait Nolan →
Yep. I have a kindle, but I still wouldn’t want my readers feeling the way she does…
Dec 22nd
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Serial Story: The Minister's Maid, Ch. 31 →
***If you are under 18 years old, or easily offended by graphic material, do not read further.*** This serial novel is posted in draft form every Tuesday. Ch. 1|…
Dec 20th
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Repeat After Me… →
Sound writing advice from Cameron Chapman…
Dec 19th
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Writer Revealed: 5 Reasons Why You Should Comment... →
I’ve been lax about this, and need to do better. You?
Dec 17th
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Serial Novel: Falling in Public, Ch. 30 →
This serial novel is posted in draft form every Friday. To receive each installment via email, please sign up here. Ch.1|Ch. 2|Ch. 3|Ch. 4|Ch. 5|Ch. 6|Ch. 7|Ch. 8|
Dec 17th
Writing Notes: Plots from Titles (& a peek at my... →
Last week I was sitting at the bar, watching my hubby play pool (billiards, if you prefer) with his team. This happens pretty much every Weds night (in fact, I’ll be there tonight too), so you can…
Dec 14th
Serial Story: The Minister's Maid, Ch. 30 →
***If you are under 18 years old, or easily offended by graphic material, do not read further.*** This serial novel is posted in draft form every Tuesday. Ch. 1|…
Dec 14th
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Top Five Regrets of The Dying →
Good to remember…
Dec 14th
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Weekly News & Goals 12/12/11 →
The tree is up, the gifts are mostly bought (and those that aren’t are not my responsibility). Aside from the dining room table (which needs to be cleaned off before I can put my nice green…
Dec 13th
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Dean Wesley Smith » The New World of Publishing:... →
A good reminder for all of us, IMO.
Dec 12th
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Serial Novel: Falling in Public, Ch. 29 →
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Dec 10th
KDP Select – Thanks, but no thanks. →
So the whole self-publishing community is shaken up today about Amazon’s newest announcement, KDP Select. A lot of authors are jumping right on it…basically it’s the option to make your book…
Dec 9th
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Random Thoughts: Interview With Jamie DeBree →
Otherwise titled “Interview with a seriously long-winded author.” ;-)
Dec 8th
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The Business Rusch: How To Make Traditional... →
Must read for anyone going into trad. publishing, IMO.
Dec 8th
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Heidi Sutherlin: Your Magical Mind →
I think most of us call this “mulling” - some great advice for working things out in your head, methinks.
Dec 8th
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On Prolificity (Is that a word?) →
Yes, yes it is, though my spell check wanted to argue. Or the thesaurus. Whatever. In any case, I like to think of myself as a semi-prolific writer. I write daily (or almost daily), and I put out…
Dec 8th
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Dream Theories: Sleep Myths Debunked! « Anna... →
Fascinating look at sleep from a clinical psychologist…
Dec 8th
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The Self-Published Author as the Self-Employed... →
Excellent bookkeeping advice…
Dec 7th
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A Terrifying Lack of Focus | Escapist Ramblings →
Lack of focus, maybe - but go check out her “practice” session. Awesome description. ;-)
Dec 7th
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Dare To Fail | Kait Nolan →
Daily dose of inspiration from Kait…
Dec 7th
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A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Guest Post by Elle... →
Fascinating. Price means such different things to different groups of people, which is why I try to hit them all at some point or another…
Dec 7th
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Ryne Douglas Pearson - Blog - When Writers... →
Yes! Exactly this. :-)
Dec 6th
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Being True To Yourself | K. Crumley →
Excellent advice…and not just for writers.
Dec 6th
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Weekly News & Goals - 12/5/11 →
It’s been a long weekend around here…after two fillings last Thursday, I got an infection in one of the teeth, and had to go back in this morning for a root canal. On the upside, this pretty…
Dec 6th
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Reluctant crime writer. - Toby Neal →
Sound familiar, writers? ;-) Congrats to Toby on the new book…I have a copy on my kindle!
Dec 6th
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Serial Novel: Falling in Public, Ch. 28 →
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Dec 3rd
Business Pitfalls and Determination →
November was an insanely busy month for me and BSB – somehow I ended up with far more projects (only about half of which were actually writing) than I really had time for. I can’t tell you how…
Dec 2nd
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Dean Wesley Smith » Reset! The Ups and Downs of... →
Excellent advice, as always. :-)
Dec 1st
Writing Notes: Once More, With Feeling →
I was going to do a post on genre bending today, but on a second and third thought, that seemed boring. So instead, I’ll revisit something I’ve touched on before – emotional angst and growth in…
Dec 1st