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Win a FREE Copy of “Family Picnic”
I love celebrating milestones in my writing life! Celebrating alone is no fun so this time, to celebrate finishing the rough draft of “Ash of Ambitions” I released a story from my archives: “Family Picnic!” Lilith’s family is in near ruins. Her father is rarely home, her mother finds comfort only in the bottle and…
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Announcing “Ash of Ambitions” & Lots More!
Well I was planning on something altogether more spectacular than this but upon completing the first draft of the new book, my old illness started acting up and all my big blazing plans have unfortunately been slowed down way off schedule. That doesn’t mean there’s nothing to announce and celebrate though! That’s right ladies, gents…
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Self Promotion
It’s an uncomfortable reality to come to grips with for many writers. After all we’re the type that gives up sunlight, vitamin D metabolization and almost all other signs of a normal healthy life to sit closeted alone in a room with only the voices in our heads for company. Going out of our way…
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Let’s Talk Character
Character development for a short story, character development for a novel, character development for game – they’re all different and yet they all share valuable qualities. I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately, since over at my short fiction blog, Sarah aka Legion, I chronicle the stories of several very different characters all at…
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Am I Bored – Really?
Every writer dreads this feeling. Laying in more than 50 thousand words on a manuscript you really loved and then suddenly sitting in front of the keyboard – bored out of your mind. Ok maybe not every, every writer. I’ve rarely heard of this kind of fear in anyone else besides myself, certainly not at…
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The Writer’s 30
Today I’m going to talk about one of the most important and least discussed issues in the journey to professional writer: exercise. You see, a lot of people, even those who spend all day working at a desk before taking the leap to writing full time don’t anticipate the problems of keeping their weight in…
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Second Guessing
Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever get back to a level that I can be proud of as a writer. I keep trying though. All those years of sitting on my hands and hoping that I would figure out how to do it only made things worse. Second guessing yourself is the worst thing you…
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Utilizing Your First Reader
My First Reader is my most valuable weapon in my war on my own sucky writing. I trust my first reader with a huge and terrible burden and she manages to come through again and again. That said, I’m always looking for ways to improve the feedback I get from my reader and I came…
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The Uncertainty of Death
Yay! Finally got around to updating both blogs with pages for my first book, “The Uncertainty of Death” book 1 in the Four Horsemen series! I’ve really got to find time to post more updates more often but today’s a start! Till then, here’s a sample of the books page below. Death The scariest unknown…
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Writers’ Block
Writers’ block. What do you do when you have it? Well I’m here to tell you the secrets to successfully getting over any and all moments of writing hesitation or “block.” You stare at the keyboard or notepad. Suck your teeth. Make a few phone calls and even pay your taxes. You sit back down…
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Blargle Splect: Writerly Musings & Blather 