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  • Agree with Kamy. I have often heard authors advise that aspiring writers should read, read, read. Perhaps this is a good way to listen to the voices of others while de...
  • I read the original article and the responses to the article.  I have heard of authors developing their own publishing company and working through the bigger 6 for dis...
  • This statement of a non-gendered List of Great Writers, as suggested here by Pauline, is exactly the kind of banner that can run through a culture to position a “brand...
  • 1. Now I have Milli Vanilli in my head. . .which means I now have to expose my infant daughter to it and warp her developing mind just to get it out of mine! 2. Very Well Said and entertaining. . .It led me to your website which looks really interesting! Looking forward to your next post!
  • Interesting analogy, to compare New Media solutions for book presentation to developing (no pun intended) films that are not mere registrations of the staged play. It...
  • What you say about actively developing the sense of place within a story made me think about books where place is such an important part of the story, and the need to...
  • I took a break and didn't miss my characters at all. When I wasn't writing, I was pushing my brain to come up with something, but nothing would. So, I ditched it. I le...
  • I LOVE when people ask me what my book is about.  First thing I do is say, "Thanks for asking" in a tone of voice that sounds like I've never been asked that before. T...
  • I used to use character sheets but that changed to my clipping pictures from magazines and later to my remembering certain physical characteristics and developing thei...
  • Brooke, thanks for your several notes.  Yes, we're learning.  Meantime, notwithstanding that we've gone from September through Christmas, we don't think of this first...