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Tonight I am launching a takeover of Joanna Campbell Slan’s Facebook page. (Don’t worry! She invited me. 🙂 ) What[…]
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Read moreElena Hartwell’s The Construction of Character helps writers strengthen the craft tools in their toolbox and build stronger characters, regardless of genre.
Read moreSome years ago, an editor rejected a story of mine because it contained a ghost. He had a policy of[…]
Read moreI’ve often heard from beta readers that they need a physical description of a character to picture him or her.
Read moreTalking about what your readers expect your story to be and how this can be used to create tension, add surprise, and entertain.
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Read moreI’m on a mission to find a set of common denominators that make characters generally beloved.
Read moreI had no idea there was such a thing as an Author’s Assistant until I ran across Kimberly Werntz. She[…]
Read moreWriters and readers hear terms bandied about and don’t often understand them. Beta readers was a new one to me[…]
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