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RESEARCH: It’s what we writers call, “research”.

July 27, 2012
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By krawky389 @ Deviantart (I realize I haven’t posted a Flash Friday in forever. Meh. Haven’t been inspired/have anything to share. Working on bigger things!) As writers we know (or, uh, should know) that research is important to our writing. Without research, we can look pretty stupid. Or, even worse, (yes, worse), we may come…

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Weekly Writing Check-In: And We’re Off

July 23, 2012
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Well not really. I’m not going anywhere. Nobody’s coming here. It’s not even a really good figurative title. The only thing going “off” is my alarm clock every day at noon. But! As of yesterday evening I finished the pre-beta edits for my upcoming novella and have sent it off to beta. Wow. I must…

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When Family Just Doesn’t “Get It”.

July 11, 2012
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I am not shocked my family loves this show and buys into it. First, the exciting news! My novella I’ve been working on for about a month now is officially FINISHED, first draft wise. It’s a cool 70 pages, 40-somethingk of two women angsting about their relationship and attempting to fix their problems with sex….

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SAS: How to Write A Page Turner, by Lorelei Bell

July 7, 2012
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“Share A Saturday” is a weekly chance for you, yes YOU, to come on my blog and talk about whatever you want, so long as it’s related to writing/books. For more information, such as if you’d like to “share a Saturday” with me, please see below! In her teens and young adult years, Lorelei has…

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Weekly Writing Check-In: Facebook is Live! Also, writing in the present day.

July 2, 2012
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First things first! To get ready for my releases this autumn, I’ve launched my official facebook page! I didn’t think I would be so excited about it, but apparently I am. I don’t have a cover image yet. Gonna wait until I have my first book cover ready to add to it. If you “like”…

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SAS: The Perils of Being an Author With Synesthesia, by Morgan Bauman

June 23, 2012
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 “Share A Saturday” is a weekly chance for you, yes YOU, to come on my blog and talk about whatever you want, so long as it’s related to writing/books. For more information, such as if you’d like to “share a Saturday” with me, please see below!Morgan Bauman is a YA fantasy author currently in the…

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As a Writer, How Do You Measure the Length of a Novel?

June 19, 2012
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I’ve been writing novel-length stories for well over ten years now, and during that time from reading articles in “Writer’s Digest” magazine to now trolling through blogs, it seems that the discussions on “novel lengths” has changed dramatically. But as authors we tend to see “novel length” in various lights. There’s Wordcount Length Page Length…

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The Importance of Writing Down Ideas

June 13, 2012
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So between last weekend and today, I had three, count them THREE blogging topic ideas. Of course, I didn’t write any of them down, because I was convinced I didn’t need to. Then I sat here staring at my text input area going “What WERE those good ideas?! Cause I can’t think of any!” This…

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A Life in Which Writing Is Never a Priority

June 3, 2012
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A day or so ago The Golden Eagle made a post in which she asked, “Would you write if you knew you’d never be published?” Of course I thought about it and subsequently replied, but my reply made me think a lot about the role of writing in my life…especially now. My reply was basically…

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Weekly Writing Check-In: This is the scene that never ends~

March 4, 2012
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| Categories: CROSS//Revenge, Editing, weekly writing check-in, Writing

Well. You may or may not remember my self-challenge to write 25k in February. I didn’t keep track of how much I wrote, but it definitely wasn’t 25k. Probably more around 15k. But that’s still 15k more than I had before. Right now I’m in the midst of trying to finish up what is thus…

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