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  • A blog is a funny thing, it can't be all things to all people. You have to know, as you mentioned, who your reader is, or what audience you're trying to attract and wi...
  • I think I can best answer this by first saying that when I clean out my purse, I go through every item and make a decision about whether to discard it or find it a new...
  • This past Saturday I did nothing.  Yes, NOTHING.  I didn't get dressed, I didn't leave the house, I didn't write, I didn't turn on my computer, I didn't talk on the ph...
  • Great article Valerie, and what a wonderful website and intro for your YA novel.  I would love to read more about it.  I too am self-publishing a children's picture bo...
  • @Cate - I can understand your disappointment and worry because I like longer reads too, but all is not lost. There is a market for longer works but it's just not as st...
  • I'm a fan of italics, too. I feel like the power of typography to cause an emotive response in us is underappreciated. When you see typeface like this on the comments...
  • Hi again, Deborah. You keep doing this -- opening the flood gates, and I love it. Male writers have always had a wife -- us. They were never socialized to do more than...
  • Coreena and Samuel-- I agree- for me clutter although sometimes inevitable, is a distraction. As I wrote in a comment earlier, I'm not much of a kitsch person because clutter makes me a nervous. I'm a clean surface kind of gal for the most part, but every now and again... 
  • An excellent post, thank you!  Your reasoning, the need to create an environment that serves you best as a human being first rather than just the persona of 'writer',...
  • Thank you. You know I do not know why 1777 popped in there. I need the earlier time period to set the POV of the whole series. The books are very female character driv...