Katherine, Thank you for this helpful and moving post. I loved your stories about your children's pride in your writing quest. I've had some similar experiences which keep me going....
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Excellent article. I have only written one romance story. The rest of my books are fictional crime stories. In most cases, I don't make direct references to the characters' color or ethnicity. I leave that to the readers since my stories have a universal appeal.
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...nce then I've had many horror/thriller/murder mystery novels and short stories published since 1984. My earl...The Woman in Crimson, have been compared favorably with Stephen King's stories. Being close to Halloween thi...
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...cancer I felt the deep need to sit down and writer about our idyllic childhood in the 1950's. Memories of my Childhood was a collection of short stories I actually wrote about that t...
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Karen - Thanks so much for sharing your memories and comments. I can't wait to read "Dreams of Falling." Sounds like my kind of book. I have also set my novels in the 1950s, prompted my memories of my childhood and stories from my parents and grandparents.
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...have been...and way beyond. I am what I call an old-timer. I started writing in 1971, first published in 1984 (now I have 27 novels and 12 short stories out in eBooks, paperbacks and...
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Thank you SHE WRITES! I have had a Facebook page for years but never knew how to set up an Author Facebook page for my 27 novels and 12 short stories (I've been an author for over 46...
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good ideas, Shelly. I've got a writing FB blog? going, but I'm uncertain what to put in it except pictures with small stories. I ran off this list and will work some of these into the page.
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Congratulations. You have written a great guide. I had my book, Deception in Plain Sight, done in an audio format at ACX. An author who had had stories done in auido format recommended a great narrator for my book. Continued success in your endeavors.
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I noticed in one of my stories, my characters "sighed" a little too often, LOL. Not cool. Had to cut those out and left only one or two times. Great post, thanks for the reminders.
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