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If writing is an attempt to understand something…
Then a year of indie publishing has been an exercise in figuring out why I went independent in the first place. It’s a long weekend here in America, Monday’s Labor Day holiday the official end of...
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Something comforting about autumn
When I was young, summer was my favorite season, no school, that sort of thing. But after living in Britain for eleven years, California summers seem sort of endless; it’s called the Golden State for...
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Reasons to be cheerful
1. I just published The Farm at Sam & Jenny’s, fourth in the Alvin’s Farm series. The action moves 1981 to 2004, and plenty has changed for Arkendale’s residents, not just the new generation of...
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Having a look round
Dianne Gray tagged me in a very intriguing fashion; to find the word look in one of my manuscripts, then plop it and the surrounding paragraphs here. So, off I go for a little looking… Oh, too many...
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Crit Partner Appreciation Day
A year ago, I wrote a post about this very subject, and here it is, September 21st, 2012. This is still as vital as it was twelve months ago, whether you call them crit partners, beta readers, or any...
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Some reasons I write
Music; tunes stir the stories, invoke characters, nudge nuances. As long as I listen to music, I’ll probably be writing something, be it manuscripts, blog posts, letters to family. Paper; notebooks,...
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In a NaNoWriMo frame of mind
Many things of which I want to note this morning; both the 49ers and Packers won, whew! My Niner game wasn’t too stressful, although the offense played poorly in the first half. During the Packer...
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Sometimes teenagers are right
I’ve had three, so that title doesn’t lie. I wouldn’t be writing this post if my then seventeen-year-old eldest hadn’t said the immortal lines, “Hey Mom, there’s this writing competition called...
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Baby gonna shut you down
Writing about the WIP made me realize how wrapped up in one set of characters I have been, and while they are a vast lot of folks, since I first typed the initial manuscript in spring 2009, I’ve been...
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NaNoWriMo magic
Only a week until the first of November; one week to get my act together on what I’m going to write. I’m listening to a playlist right now, making sure the flow is correct. This will be my seventh...
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The Peach Tree Conundrum
While on holiday I managed a few revisions on Part 12 of The Hawk. Going through that section, I found a slight discrepancy surrounding peach trees that Eric and Lynne want to put in behind his...
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