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by Jackie Houchin How short can you write a story? If you are doing NaNoWriMo this month, your goal is 50,000 words, about a 175-page book. How about only 10,000 words, or 5,000? 2,000? In Writer’s Digest, the September/October issue, author Ran Walker wrote a very interesting article…
by Anangsha Alammyan Are you someone who is fascinated by stories and loves to read? If your answer to the question above is yes, I have a trick for you that will teach you to be a better writer just by consuming content. This is a simple habit you can cultivate and incorporate into your…
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by Jill Amadio Marketing our mysteries is probably one of the least preferred tasks on our to-do list but it is crucial if we wish for success and sales. I truly dislike having to hawk my books and with so many different avenues than ever from which to…
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By Jill Amadio As a Brit I put up with a lot of ribbing in America. Some friends take me to task for pronunciation. Well, I can’t help it if I have a very slight West Country accent as I am from Cornwall. To my amusement my accent…
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The last few items in this multi-paged blog for your consideration. by Gayle Bartos-Pool Point #9 Your Inner Ham. This one might be scary, but if you really want to cut the mustard as a writer, you have to be able to stand up in front of strangers…
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by M. Louisa Locke In the spring of 2010, just six months after I published Maids of Misfortune, the first novel in my Victorian San Francisco Mystery series, I published a short story in that series called Dandy Detects. Besides the fact that I wanted to give a…
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by Miko Johnston In my last post I asked, How will we write about this? There has to be a moment when the reality of the new normal hits you in a unique way. This is my moment: May 20, before the tragedies we’ve witnessed in the past…
by Betty Webb Reblogged from Marilyn’s Musing, March 4,2020 When Killer Fiction Becomes Confessional by Betty Webb “No, I’m not admitting to murder. Maybe I’ve sometimes been tempted (one former boss comes readily to mind), but I can truthfully say that I never shot, stabbed, clubbed, or poisoned anyone. However, in…
via The 2020 Reading Challenge: 52 Books in 52 Weeks Will YOU try this? Time to start gathering books, making lists (Be sure to check your TBR pile first, you might have some in the different categories.) If you are not so enthusiastic….. I have other lists that feature a book a month (30 days),…
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by Rosemary Lord ? Paddy’s House was finally open for visitors. It’d been long enough. For 3 or 4 years, during our summer and winter visits, my siblings and I had peered through endless tall shrubs and overgrowth at the seemingly abandoned house, wondering what was going to…
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