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Yes, Virginia. There is a Porn Dog
I asked my dear friend Jordan to share the story of what prompted her to create Karl, her dog character in Mercer’s War Series, and how she discovered such an unusual working dog.…
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Pets: Ways to Include Animals to Enhance Your Fictional World
I love writing pets into my stories. Not only is a great way to show a killer’s soft side, but they become important family members for the main characters. In my stories, I’ve…
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A Dog’s Nose: Why They Can Detect Odors
In my post, What Happens at the Body Farm? I touched on cadaver dogs. Many of you wanted to learn more about these super sniffers, so let’s find out why a dog’s nose can detect…
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A Glorious Summer Day…Not
I hate the heat. More specifically, the humidity. Today is 90 degrees and about as humid as you can get. Blistering heat. Nauseating heat. Pick your adjective and it fits. So I’m trying…
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A Heartbreaking Goodbye
Many of you know that my dog, Gideon, has been gravely ill. And I thank you for your patience while we’ve gone through this terrible time. Today, we had to say goodbye. In…
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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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3 Tips To Correct The Pacing In Your Novel – Part One
What is pacing? Pacing is the rhythm of the novel, of the chapters and scenes and paragraphs and sentences. It is also the rate at which the reader reads and the speed at…
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Channeling Your Emotion to The Page
This morning at 5 a.m. I woke to a nightmare. Before I get to that story let me give you a little back story. For those of you who don’t know I have…
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A writer's busy life.
Writers have very busy lives. I had no idea how busy until I decided to write full-time. 1. You need to constantly work on your WIP (work in progress, for non-writers). 2. Create…
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Creating Characters in Fiction
In an earlier post Character Building– Why is JUSTIFIED justified in fiction writing I wrote about character traits. Today I’d like to delve a little deeper. Characters are the most important element of…
