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  • Hi Rita, This week I'm doing a blog tour for my new book (ages 4-8) A VAMPIRE IS COMING TO DINNER: 10 RULES TO FOLLOW (first rule, stay calm -- one I need to observe...
  • Are there any set rules as to how long a paragrapgh should be when writing a fictional short story. A reader wrote the following about my excerpts: Your writing is cle...
  • Yep - like Karen and Laura said - join social groups to be social. Don't just join to hawk your wares. You can promote yourself, but don't flood the place with it. Tha...
  • His push and pull?  always gentle, too gentle, maybe one would say lively as new rubber. It was not just he who was the asshole. We both were assholish, to each other....
  • Hmmm!  This sounds like a really fun book. Also, the query letter is well written, although it breaks a couple of rules. Most obviously, the bio graf should really be...
  • Started by Annette Reynolds
    Last reply by Maggie Thom
    Hi all.  My first discussion, and am hoping for insight to this problem.   I've recently Indie-Published my second novel (Contemporary Women's Fiction bordering on Rom...
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  • Colleen, welcome. It sounds like you've been through a lot, and your book is part of a whole personal journey. Congratulations, and how wonderful that so many people a...
  • I think it takes time to "recognize" your voice. I wrote a weekly column for five years (slice...in the "voice" I thought novels should be written. Third person POV, following all the "rul...
  • Started by Shari Cohen
    Hi fellow bloggers-- I wanted to tell you about my webinar coming up on October 1 called “Becoming a Writing Coach/Consultant” It is for all you accomplished writers w...
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  • Deirdre Sinnott here, I've got to say that I want to know what people are doing, where they a...doing that, but I shouldn't. I don't know what the answer is, and since there are no "Rul...