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Test Your Story’s Opening Line– Fiction Writing
I’m taking a masters class through Writers Village and I thought I’d share with you the “secret formula” to your opening lines. It’s called the Hologram test. What is the Hologram test? It’s…
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When is a writer an author?
When does a writer make the leap to author? This is a question I’ve pondered for years. I know what “they” say. By “they” I assume it means industry standards. They say a…
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Real Life Serial Killers– What makes them tick?
The serial killer has become wildly popular in crime fiction. Maybe they are so fascinating to us, as readers, because they are complicated creatures. They are deliciously bad. We, as writers, are told…
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Please don't base your success or failure by what you read on the internet
I don’t normally bash other people’s posts. If you own a blog you have the right to say anything you want. Right? Well, in this case no. And I’ll tell you why. I…
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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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Every writer's dream… A Stranger Reads My Book by Arthur Kerns
The day before yesterday, Author Arthur Kerns posted a story on Prose & Cons entitled A STRANGER READS MY BOOK. It was such a great story I had to share it with you.…
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Don't let self-doubt stop you from achieving your goals
Don’t doubt yourself so much that you cripple yourself as a writer. This just happened to me. As most of you know, I am a member of Prose & Cons, a multi-author blog…
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New Authors Blog– Prose & Cons are breaking out!
Today is the day folks! Our new authors blog, Prose & Cons on Blogger launches today. The Prose Cons are authors, literary agents, publishers, book reviewers and editors– books start with us. We…
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Interview with Cat Burglar, Shawny Daniels
I am pleased to have with us today Shawny Daniels from Timber Point. To give you a little background about Shawny, she is my protagonist (and friend) from Timber Point, Dancing In The…
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Hannibal TV show. Why I love it and how fiction writers can learn from it.
WARNING: Images are NOT suitable for all ages. They are NOT real, but still may cause nightmares in young children. Hannibal is by far one of my favorite shows on TV. The writers…
