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…
Books… Casting the Novel: Herding Your Characters 13 Sep 2013 I always knew that at some point I would need to create some system for tracking characters in my Lexy Cooper series. I just didn't know it would happen this…
Books… A Crime for Christmas? 9 Sep 2013 Is it too early to start talking about holiday stories? Not if you're trying to write one! Every year I notice something. There are a buttload of Christmas titles released.…
Books… Things my proofreader taught me 19 Jul 201319 Jul 2013 I'm a professional writer. By that I mean that since 1995 I have made my living--paid my rent, fed my offspring--by writing. You'd think I'd have words pretty much figured…
Books… 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…
Books… The feedback a writer needs most 10 Jun 2013 There are some people who can never, in good conscience, review an author's books: the author herself of course, and anyone who worked on the actual text. In my case…
Books… Fear and the Novel — End Game Slowdown 31 Jan 2013 The last time I got to the end of my first draft of a novel, I cried. And moped for days. I'm hoping to avoid that this time around, but…
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…
Books… Ten Tips for Writing Your Novel 20 Nov 201226 Nov 2013 Now that I've got two books under my belt --though I'm by no means an expert-- I've got some tips to share. Your mileage may vary. 1. Write every week…
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