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    Author Marketing Part I: Eight Action Items

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    I invited my friend Staci to chat about the M-word. I’ll let her explain. We’ve got a lot to get through. I’ll see you in the comment section. Be sure to check back…

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    A Tribute to Writers #ShareTheLove

    Sue Coletta

    Writers inspire, arouse, support, and even enrage … but no one can call us boring. For our readers we’ve watched bodies decompose at the Body Farm, witnessed autopsies and the miracle of childbirth.…

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    Crows Never Forget a Face

    Sue Coletta

    Crows are amazing birds. While writing BLESSED MAYHEM, I researched them extensively, and became so intrigued I longed to befriend a crow of my own. Let’s backtrack a bit so you can see…

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    Murder Blog Is Moving – Yay!

    Though I’m biting my nails to the quick, I’m very excited to announce that Murder Blog is moving to a self-hosted site. The new site, if all goes according to plan, will be…

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    Go Set a Watchman Blog Tour

    Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman follows Jean Louise “Scout” Finch as she returns to her hometown, Maycomb, Alabama. Yearly, she travels from New York to Alabama, and the novel opens with her…

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  • MARRED,  The life of a writer

    It’s Official… I Did It!

    The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of excitement, fear, anxiety, angst, and overwhelming joy all rolled into one enormous feeling of upheaval. Why? Because I landed a publishing deal for…

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    A Nice Surprise

    Over the weekend I received a nice surprise from Robin Rivera and Heather Jackson from Write On, Sisters! They were just nominated for the Real Neat Blog Award, something they deserve in spades! So,…

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  • Musings about life,  The life of a writer

    Where I've been… and why.

    I don’t normally talk about my daily life. I guess I’m private that way. But I feel I need to clear some things up. I’ve been seriously lacking lately in reading your blog posts.…

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  • The life of a writer,  Writing tips

    Critiquing A Partner's Work– Fiction Writing

    How we treat one another is so important. If you believe as I do bad karma will come back to bite you. More specifically, how we critique another writer’s work. Recently I saw…

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    Three Tips To Amp Up Your Writing

    Sue Coletta

    There are many ways to amp up your writing.  But this first technique will surely do the trick.  Today I will share with you three secrets that you may not know. The first…

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Sue Coletta

Sue Coletta is an award-winning crime writer and member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and International Thriller Writers. In addition to her award-winning Murder Blog, she also blogs on the Kill Zone (Writer's Digest "101 Best Websites for Writers"), Writers Helping Writers, and Story Empire (Positive Writer's "Top 50 Writing Blogs"). Sue's backlist includes psychological thrillers and true crime/narrative nonfiction. Now, she exclusively writes eco-thrillers (The Mayhem Series, books 5-9 & continuing). She's appeared on the Emmy award-winning true crime series, Storm of Suspicion, and three episodes of A Time to Kill on Investigation Discovery. Links to her newsletter and books can be found here: https://linktr.ee/suecoletta Email: sue(at)suecoletta(dot)com

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