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WRITING A BOOK IS LIKE EATING A BEAR

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

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 easy. Actually, writing a book is a lot like eating a bear. You can do it, yes,...

THE AGE OF RAGE

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

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 them accurately or of having the reader react to whatever is depicted the way the writer...

PEOPLE DON’T READ ANYMORE?

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

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 anymore. Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year.” Steve...

TACT IN CRITIQUES

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

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 done and a solid start on a second one. Some would cringe at devoting that much time...

CYBERSTALKING

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

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 victims don’t know they’re victims until danger escalates? If you’d care to read the...

WHEN WRITING IS TOUGH

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

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 something?) on this topic, so I thought I’d share this post–and if Norm’s bride...