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PENS: Picking Your Writing Weapon

August 6, 2024 C. Michele Dorsey Uncategorized

I am unabashedly obsessed with pens. I make no apologies. I am a writer and pens are the instruments of[…]

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AI Detection, Publishing Contracts, and You

July 18, 2024 Emilya Naymark Publishing, Uncategorized

Or, What Happens When Your Publisher Thinks AI Wrote Your Book First, I’m not a lawyer. Nor am I an[…]

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The Secret to Creating a Cast of Characters

July 11, 2024 C. Michele Dorsey Creating Characters, Uncategorized

How important is the cast of characters within a book? I have been gnawing on this question for some time,[…]

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Red Herrings

June 25, 2024 Emilya Naymark Fiction, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized, Writing

And how to pickle them I’ve always had a rather foggy idea of what a red herring was, but I[…]

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An Interview with Suzanne Trauth

May 28, 2024 Catherine Maiorisi Uncategorized, Writing

I read and loved What Remains of Love by Suzanne Trauth when it came out and I’ve been thrilled to[…]

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Part One: What happened at Malice …

May 8, 2024 Lane Stone Conferences, Setting, Uncategorized

…doesn’t have to stay at Malice. My panel was “International and Off the Beaten Path Settings. Here’s the low down[…]

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5 QUESTIONS FOR EVERY WRITER

April 30, 2024 C. Michele Dorsey #inspiration, Uncategorized

Writers are known to be introspective, often overthinking, mulling existential issues ad nauseum. But periodically, there is value to posing[…]

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Character Arcs

April 11, 2024 Emilya Naymark Creating Characters, Tips and Tricks, Uncategorized, Writing

Signs and portents, my dear readers, signs and portents. Last week, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake was felt all along the[…]

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THE VERDICT IS IN

April 4, 2024 C. Michele Dorsey #inspiration, Uncategorized

                  File this post under, “You couldn’t make this stuff up” or “What I learned during eight weeks of a[…]

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3 Books for Vacation Reading

March 18, 2024 Emilya Naymark Books, Fiction, Uncategorized

Having a school age kid has meant that my vacations generally rotate around school breaks. As a result, last week[…]

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