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Writing

The Care and Feeding of Minor Characters

26 Feb 201526 Feb 2015
Let's talk about minor characters.These are your protagonist’s family members, friends, and coworkers. Important enough to have a name, but definitely not an above-the-title name. They mainly exist to help…
Writing

In the Beginning – Starting a New Novel

2 Feb 20152 Feb 2015
My ninth book (Glitched) is with my editor right now and so, it's time for me to start writing the next one. Book number ten will be the second in the…
Books…

All About That Pace

28 Jan 201528 Jan 2015
Let's talk about pacing, i.e. the action in your novel. Does it start slow and build to an action-packed climax? Do you hit on your main themes in a regular…
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How to write a terrible sex scene

24 Nov 2014
There are valid reasons for writing terrible sex scenes. To show that characters aren't right for one another, or because it's funny. Or you could take these tips for writing bad sex…
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Writing great bad guys

10 Sep 2014
Just as you shouldn't write a perfect protagonist who is good at everything and always makes the right choice, don’t make your antagonist perfectly evil. Everyone has something not-terrible about…
Writing

Researching the Novel – Crowdsourcing

19 Mar 2014
When doing research for your book (and I'm talking strictly about fiction), you basically have three choices: Do it yourself, outsource it or crowdsource it. Crowdsourcing is putting a question…
Writing

Breadcrumbs: the art of leaving clues

15 Nov 2013
Writing is hard. Anyone will tell you that. Just sitting down and squeezing your brainthoughts onto a page via your fingers freaking HURTS. And I'm sure that non-fiction has its…
Books…

Cover Art: The Christmas Edition

4 Oct 20135 Oct 2013
I know some of you are already bitching "There's Christmas shit next to the Halloween candy!" So let me further assault your eyes. You may know from a previous post…
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A Deep Breath — Moving on to the Next Book

28 Jun 2013
I began writing the first Lexy Cooper crime novel Schooled on May 3 2012 and finished the first week of August. It came out on November 6. I started noodling…
Writing

Obsession, change, and superstition — tales from the sequel

19 Jan 2013
  File this under More Bitching About Writing a Sequel. Over the summer I wrote a post about my writing rituals and the magic number of words I needed to…

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