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Sweet Georgia Sunlight
I get asked these questions often: When are you going to write a book? You should write a book. Why not write a book? … You know, I would if I could! There are several things holding me back. One, I...
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How important are facts in fiction?
As I’ve mentioned before, I write articles for magazines. Obviously these articles are non-fiction, and I therefore feel a great sense of responsibility to get the facts right. The magazine editor...
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The Impatient Writer
First I gave you The Introverted Writer, then I gave you The Silent Writer, and now I give you The Impatient Writer. This post was actually inspired by Limebirdkate’s post, Pantsing Revisions (I wonder...
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NaNoWriMo-Week 1
How’s everyone doing so far? Week one is usually the most energetic week of NaNo. Writers are still riding high on the idea of pummeling their notebooks or computer screens with word after word. We’re...
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Don’t Go So Easy On Them
In life, we often misunderstand how we feel. We confuse love for lust, passion for apathy, all in an attempt to lie to ourselves and say we know more than we do. So why do our characters usually...
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On-The-Nose Dialogue
On-the-nose dialogue is a term usually applied to scriptwriting/screenwriting, but it can equally be applied to dialogue within a novel or short story. It refers to dialogue where characters are...
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What Would Happen If…
When we are writing our novels, be it for NaNoWriMo or not, we can all reach phases in the writing where we become stuck. We either feel completely blocked, with no inspiration at all, or we are able...
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Letters of Rejection
A couple of months ago, I received my first ever rejection letter. It was short, printed on very good quality paper, and addressed to a Mr, despite the fact that directly above my name they’d managed...
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Author Interview – Rebecca Berto (Novel Girl)
Happy Merry Friday everyone! Today we have an awesome treat in the form of an interview with Rebecca Berto, author of ‘PRECISE’. Blurb Katie Anselin is a newlywed and hubby, Paul, is her life. He’s the...
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Book Cover Reveal – Rebecca Berto ‘Drowning In You’
Welcome welcome to the cover reveal of Rebecca Berto’s novel ‘Drowning In You’ which will be available to buy in April 2013. I was lucky enough to be a beta reader for this novel, and trust me, it’s...
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Judging A Book By Its Cover
We’re all familiar with the mantra about not judging a book by its cover. However, in its most literal sense, most of us do in part judge actual books by their covers, and I don’t think there’s...
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Back for more? That’s the spirit!
Soooo. My last post, one may recall, was about why I’m not writing. This one will be about wanting to. It’s for a snarky reason, I admit. I’m reading a sci-fi book. I’m not going to name it; I don’t...
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