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What You Say Matters

Originally posted on J.R.R. Tolkien and the Total Depravity of All People Named Dan:
The way you choose to use your words is extremely, utterly, AWESOMELY important. Like, NUTSO important. Just basically the most important thing in life. Have you ever said something that made a lot of people laugh and one person…

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Check out friend of the blog Anne Marie!

Interviews are hard. Video interviews are harder. Anne Marie makes it look easy! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b3bT3rohWRU&sns=fb https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b3bT3rohWRU&sns=fb Be sure to like the video and share it, too! We all need grass roots publicity.

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Friday FUN Time!

For me, ring master. You? Post your answer in the comments section below – and have fun this weekend!

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Guest author: Lucy Brazier on her new book, Sinister Dexter

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
It is always a delight to visit the lovely Sue and I cannot thank her enough for inviting me back to her blog to tell you all about the latest book in the PorterGirl series, Sinister Dexter. After avoiding the murderous intentions of The Vicious Circle in…

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Agree or disagree?

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Word Weaver Update: I’ve critiqued all the stories

What a great bunch of stories it was, too. Man, this thing gets harder and harder every time. Soon they will go off to the judges for THEIR scoring and ranking, then back to me to arrange the winners and post the big blog announcement. Excited? You should be. Now I’m going to go sleep […]

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Food For Thought (a.k.a. A Writely Kick in The Rear)

Doesn’t the odds just mean it’ll be hard work? “Never tell me the odds!” – Han Solo. Works for me. Thoughts?

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Emotion, emotion, emotion. Show me the EMOTION!

Emotion, emotion, emotion. Show me the emotion. Don’t assume the reader is getting what’s in your head; be sure you put it on the page. SHOW IT! Your reader is always from Missouri. If you add a dash of emotion, as in showing me facial expressions and thumping hearts and sweaty brows and trembling hands […]

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Wanna advertise your book during the announcement of the writing contest winners?

Ooh, here’s an intriguing idea. Author types need help getting their stuff seen! Well, when I post the list of winners for the Word Weaver Writing Contest, we’ll get lots and lots of eyeballs here. They could be looking at YOUR BOOK. How? This blog got over 60,000 views in 2017, and received over 31,450 in 2016.  Certain […]

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Friday FUN Time!