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StumbleUpon Follow-Up: The Results Look Like This

See? Occasionally I get it right…

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The Oops Factor

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 things started. 

Before I had a book or a blog or any of that stuff, I posted stories on Facebook. And as you probably know, Facebook will occasionally bring up one of your old posts and ask if you would like to share an old memory. Those can be fun. This was from January 2013. In August […]

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3 Tips To Keep Your Reader READING: Cliffhanger Endings

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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10 Tips For Writing Believable Drama

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 Dreams Scenes (That Don’t Make Readers’ Eyes Roll)

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 Effective Storytelling Sidebars

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 31 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and see them side […]

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The Art And Science Of Brevity

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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Flashbacks Revisited

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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Fighting Winter Blues

Originally posted on J. A. Allen:
It would be fair to say that occasionally, I suffer from depression. It seems to be a common thread among some writers. I don’t talk about it often, simply because it isn’t the looming monster a few of my friends and family members face. But around this time of year—every…