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WORKING AT HOME: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone... What’s the upside? Are there perks? What’s best about working at home? What’s the downside? Are there drawbacks? What’s worst about...
NARRATIVE V EXPOSITION
If you’re confused about the difference between narrative and exposition, don’t worry. Most writers use the terms synonymously. Both are portions of the work/scene that are...
WHERE’S THE DIALOGUE
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone... It’s contest time. Writers from all over the world are entering contests and other writers (and editors and agents) from all over the world...
WRITING A BOOK IS LIKE EATING A BEAR
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone... Writing is never easy. It’s an author’s sweat and skill and effort (and an editor's and a line and copyeditors, too) that makes it appear...
THE AGE OF RAGE
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone... Writers connect characters to readers through emotions. That makes it vital to understand them. Otherwise, the odds diminish of depicting...
PEOPLE DON’T READ ANYMORE?
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone... This morning, I awakened to discover the following: “It doesn’t matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don’t read...
TACT IN CRITIQUES
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone... I stayed up late last night doing critiques. I thought I’d get three or four done--as always, I have a stack to do. I didn’t. I got one...
CYBERSTALKING
An FYI 1. It’s my turn to post on Clever Divas today. The article is on Cyberstalking. What it is, what is done, what you can do about it, who can help. Did you know that many...
WHEN WRITING IS TOUGH
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone... NOTE: WHEN WRITING IS TOUGH was first written several years ago, but I’m getting an enormous number of questions (is it an odd moon phase or...
AWAKENING THE MUSE
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone... The longer you write, the more difficult it becomes to write something different. It isn’t that you lack the capability, it’s that you’ve...
FAIL YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone... “Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit...
ART V BOTTOM LINE
WARNING: This is a no-edit zone… Writing is an art. The artist creates a world, peoples it, and draws readers into that world through the senses so that they might...
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