Wishing our readers safety during Hurricane Ian. Michele Whether you are a plotter or a pantser, what will be, will[…]
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Category: #inspiration
5-Minute Writing Tips
Sometimes you just have to admit defeat. No matter how hard you try, there’s simply no time to write. This[…]
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Wisdom
Always Mary Oliver. Usually Anne Lamott and William Kent Kruger. Lou Berney. These are the writers I turn to when[…]
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On Writing: The Flawed Protagonist
Numerous times I’ve seen readers roll their eyes and say, “Oh, no, not another recovering alcoholic detective.” I get that.
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Making Stuff Up: Inspiration
On occasion, someone tells me how wonderful it is that I’m a writer and they couldn’t ever come up with a story.
“Of course you can,” I say, “you make stuff up all the time. You just don’t realize it!”
On Persistence
Last week at the Golden Crown Literary Society’s annual conference my book, The Disappearance of Lindy James, won a Goldie for the[…]
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Law in Fiction: Anatomy of a Scandal
Law in Faction: Factish or Fictiony – A Lawyer’s Review
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Mystery Writers: Why NaNoWriMo works
Words on the page. Most writers agree that this is the key ingredient to shift from wanting to be a writer to being a writer. It is certainly key to seeing your book in print. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) was created with this in mind: words on the page. Fifty thousand words, ideally.
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Combining Inspiration
I asked the Miss Demeanors: where did your inspiration come from?
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Titles, the Torture Of
suffered so much over my first title. #amstillsuffering
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