Are You Ready For A Change?
Spring has definitely arrived in my part of world. Not a moment too soon. Leaves are unfurling. Birdsong fills the[…]
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Month: April 2021
To Cut or Not to Cut #amediting
I’ve been rolling through the first revision of my WIP (work in progress) for a week or so, tweaking forty[…]
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The Magic of Audiobooks
I’m a new convert to audiobooks, and as all new converts, I’m now a zealot. Oh, sure, years ago there were “books on tape” and then on CD, but it was just somehow not the same.
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Every story starts with What If.
What if someone goes missing? What if a house burns down mysteriously? Or a will is destroyed or a war starts or a pandemic begins. What if you are able to spend a night or two in a place usually off limits to the public? That’s my ideal What if in real life.
Perfect! Well, Maybe Not…
My first time moderating a panel. Whoo boy. I know I won’t be perfect, but I’ll do my best to be good.
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A (Writing) Room of Her Own
Who won a copy of The Empty Chair, Murder in the Caribbean, the giveaway from Penny Goetjen’s appearance on Miss Demeanors last week. The winner is Nancy Novacek.
The Question of the week for my fellow Miss Demeanors is the question readers never seem to tire of, which is When and Where do You Write? What is your daily writing process and where does that magic take place? You are in for a real treat!
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Twitter Tips
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an intelligent woman who turns to Twitter for information will soon find herself[…]
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Conflict, Suspense, Terror: When Is Too Much Too Much?
Almost the first thing a budding writer learns is the importance of conflict—internal, external, situational, relational. Conflict is what creates[…]
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Crutch Words, Telling Details, #AmEditing
Crutch words: a search and destroy mission.
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Påskekrim (Easter Crime)
Now here’s a tradition I can stand behind! Apparently everyone in Norway goes over to the dark side the week leading up to Easter and reads massive amounts of crime and true crime, as well as watching every possible crime show.
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