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The Delicate Art Of Deciding

Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]

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3 Word Choice Errors That Are Ruining Your Manuscript

Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]

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Writing Great Dun Dun DUNNN Moments

Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]

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Why I Love Mark Twain

In an essay ripping Fenimore Cooper’s The Deerslayer, Twain wrote a long list of writerly do’s and don’t’s (“offenses against literary art”). Here are a few, abbreviated. Some are helpful, some are just funny. Take note, all.   The Rules of Writing (or the “Rules Governing Literary Art”) require That the personages in a tale […]

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When To Dive Deep In Your Story

Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]

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I Watched As Filters Messed Up My Story

Yeah, we’ve all done it. You’re writing a story and the words are flowing and when you look up… it’s full of filters. What? What are filters? Glad you asked. . Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more […]

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Writing A Tension Filled Standoff

Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]

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My Book Signing – Guest Blog Post by Angela Kay

Angela Kay has been a friend of the blog for a while, and her book The Murder of Manny Grimes came out in September of 2016. Since then she’s been doing the dreaded M word – Marketing – including learning to do book signings. Here, she explains how she’s done so far. Saturday, January 21 […]

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How To Write A Transition Scene

Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]

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How To Write Nailbiter Scenes.

  Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them […]