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Are You in Query Letter Hell?

• November 4, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Advice, Personal Notes
Tags: book, jennifer jackson, literary agent, novel, query letter, representaiotn, shopping, writer, writing

Guest Blogger: K.M. Weiland

• October 20, 2009 • 16 Comments

Posted in Advice
Tags: author, behold the dawn, book, guest blogger, K.M. weiland, novel, published, writing

Passionate Writers Wanted: No Posers Allowed

• October 14, 2009 • 7 Comments

Posted in Advice, Baiting Readers, Creativity, Motivational Boosters, Passion
Tags: best, bloom, courtney vail, creative breath, dedication, desire, diamond, drive, emotion, great, Passion, passionate, persistence, poser, potential, prose, spark, story, strive, success, writer, writing

Your MC Did What????

• October 10, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Advice, Building Characters
Tags: believable, character, falling down, fiction, MC, novel, nudges, response, sense, stimulus, story, writer, writing

Trusting Your Gut

• September 19, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Advice
Tags: Advice, book, courtney vail, gut, Kings & Queens, majesty, novel, prose, writer, writing

Why Is Bipolar Disorder So Popular?

• August 14, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Advice, Narratives/POV
Tags: bipolar, crazy, first person, focus, insane, limited, narrative, narrator, novel, omniscient, perspective, POV, rules, scenes, third person, unhinged, unique, vineets, writer, writing

Unlocking the Block

• August 5, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Advice, Creativity, Motivational Boosters, Writing Exercise
Tags: freewriting, inspiration, unlock, writer's block, writing, writing exercises, zone

Going to the Dark Side

• August 3, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Advice, Baiting Readers, Building Characters
Tags: antagonist, battle, bent, creating great villains, dark side, darth vader, evil, hannibal, hero, intriguing, motivation, protagonist, star wars, tips, twisted, writing

Avoid Flooding in Your Work

• July 25, 2009 • 8 Comments

Posted in Advice
Tags: adverbs, authors, book, dialect, dialogue, exposition, flooding, novel, prologue, punctuation, purple prose, rules, sci-fi, shine, show don't tell, telling, verbs, writer, writing

Building Memorable Characters

• July 20, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Advice, Baiting Readers, Building Characters, Creativity
Tags: building memorable characters, character, characterization, dimension, goals, heroes, heroine, humanize, Kings & Queens, layer, MC, protagonist, push, sho, show, sketch, strong protagnoists, texture

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