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Craft: Effective Dialogue

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 28, 2010 | On Writing

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 (Blog Post) Ineffective dialogue will have your reader hurling your book into the trash—if you have a book. But you won’t. For all your efforts, instead the edict will flow from hallowed publishing halls: Rejected! But used effectively,...

Craft: Endings

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 28, 2010 | On Writing

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 The ending of a novel is the summation; the portion of the book where what the characters have experienced in the novel’s events lead to a conclusion that is logical and in a sense inevitable. The character’s journey is done. S/he...

Business: Finding Out Where to Sell

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 28, 2010 | On Writing

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 Q. I work, I’m active in my community, I have a lot going on and I don’t have a lot of time to invest in finding out where to sell what I write. Is there an efficient way to do it? A. Time is a challenge for all of us, and there are...

Craft: First Sale–Single Title or Category

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 28, 2010 | On Writing

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 The great debate between targeting category and single title as a first sale has raged ever since both types of books have published–and the battle is likely to continue to rage for as long as both types of books are being published. That...

Business: Freelance Writing

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 28, 2010 | On Writing

Vicki Hinze © 2003-2011 I’m currently working on my second novel. Working full time and writing part time is not what I want to do. I’m thinking of freelancing (something along the lines of writing articles for magazines, newspapers and maybe even...

Life: Getting Out of a Rut

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 28, 2010 | On Writing

Vicki Hinze © 2002-2011 I’ve written 23 books and suddenly I’m hearing from my editor that all my lead characters are starting to sound, think, and act as if they’re all the same person. I know writers can get into a rut. I’m on a really tight...