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What Is a Log-Line, and Do You Need One?
Kristen Lamb wrote an awesome blog post yesterday called “How to Tell if Your Story is On Target–What is Your Book About in ONE Sentence?” It’s awesome. Go read it (I put the link in there), then come back. Or just stick around, because I plan on hitting the high points and adding a few bits of […]
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Research for a New Novel
My good friend Aggeloi asked me to blog about a recent research venture of mine. It began, as it usually does, with an idea. This one happens to be for a children’s story. I’ve never written for children, but that’s a topic for another blog. The story needs to be set in a small town, […]
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The Joy of Lists
I want to finish my overview Marc McCutcheon’s book Building Believable Characters today, despite the fact that there’s still a lot to cover. The entire second half of the book is lists. Lots of lists. I love lists, so this is a great book for me. Here’s what you’d find if you bought the book: […]
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Being lazy, need a laugh
I’m being lazy today, so here’s my daily post: something to laugh/agree with.
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Whining and Self-Doubt
I’m taking a quick break from my series to talk about something many of us struggle with. I’m in the process now, and I’m working on making it go away. Here’s the set-up. I wrote a novel called CASSANDRA’S CURSE. At the time, it was the best novel I’d ever written. It was my […]
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