Blog
Vicki's Book News and ArticlesBlog
FORMAT IS IMPORTANT
PUNCTUATION MATTERS
FORGET ME NOT WINS!
©2010, Vicki Hinze Celebration time! Books-and-Authors.net has named FORGET ME NOT as its 2010 Best Book of the Year, Genre: Faith-Affirming Romantic Thrillers. Yippee!!!...
PSYCHIC DISTANCE
©2003-2010, Vicki Hinze Psychic Distance is the amount of emotional space you put between the reader and the character. Writers use psychic distance to manipulate the intensity...
CYBERSTALKING
Two years ago I wrote the following article. It’s in the Writers’ Library--and, I think, in this blog, but since I’ve received several requests in the last few weeks to run it...
WHAT’S THE VALUE OF HALF A PENNY
WHAT’S THE VALUE OF HALF A PENNY? by Vicki Hinze No one wants to pay more in taxes. Especially those who are clinging to jobs by a thread, whose economy is tourist-based and...
TIP: CHARACTER CREATION
WHAT IS YOUR AUTHOR THEME?
My voice is back, and I’m feeling tons better. I’ve been getting cluster questions about Author Theme, so I did a Mini-post on it. For those to whom this is an unfamiliar term,...
DEADLY TIES BOOK SHORT (TRAILER)
I’ve been without a voice for three days now--sound like a frog in distress--but then received the new book short (trailer) from Troy and Bill at WRITERS-IN-MOTION and suddenly I...
DEADLY TIES BOOK MARKS
The new bookmarks for DEADLY TIES are in early. If your group would like some, please send the quantity and mailing address. REQUEST. Quantities are limited.
SELF-SABOTAGE
What is self-fulfilled prophesy? The art of willfully structuring events to manifest a projected outcome. --------------------- It isn’t enough that we have to battle the rest of...
TURNING ON A DIME
TURNING ON A DIME Life, they say, is what happens while you’re otherwise occupied. I’m not sure if I believe that, but I do believe that you can miss life by being occupied. We...
You May Also Like…
So You Think You Want a Chance
So You Think You Want a Chance By Vicki Hinze So you think you want a chance. You have a dream. A goal. A...
Convenient Amnesia?
Convenient Amnesia? By Vicki Hinze When the topic of convenient amnesia arises, our typical first reaction is to think...
Coping With Rejection
Coping With Rejection By Vicki Hinze First, let’s set the record straight. We don’t want to just cope with...
