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A rejection on a full after 3 months. Bleh.
Remember that nice agent I posted about who allowed me to resubmit after I made a mistake on my query?Well, after having my full for almost three months, she came back to me over the weekend with...
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To outline or not to outline?
I’m an outliner – not a heavy-duty one, but a light one. My outlines tend to go something like this:Chapter 1 – Introduction to character / charactersChapter 2 – Conflict initiatorChapter 3 – Character...
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TAG - You're it!
I was tagged by the hilarious Marsha over at Marsha’s Musings. If you haven’t checked out her blog yet you need to treat yourself.TAG QUESTIONS:Do you think you're hot?Not right now but I have my...
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How will E-books be autographed?
I had this random thought the other day. I think it came from my friend who is always going to author signings. He likes to take a copy of the author’s book with him so he can get it autographed....
View Article7 Habits of Serious Writers…and Blog Award!
Firstly, a big thank you to the lovely Kimberley Krey for honoring me with the Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award. For reasons that elude me, pictures aren't loading into this post, but I've managed to...
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Bonnie Boothroid has it Easy
This is our family cat Bonnie. We actually call her Bonnie Boothroid. Not quite sure where her surname came from but there you go. Boothroid has a very simple and stress-free life. She goes out at...
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Wimbledon!
Yep, I’m at Wimbledon.At least, I will be by the time Blogger posts this. In fact I have a very strong suspicion that when this post goes live I’ll be stuffing my face with strawberries and cream,...
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Wimbledon Recap
I thought I’d do a recap on my day at Wimbledon. Many of you commented how you’d love to go, and like any great sporting event, I’d recommend it.It would be a crime for me to be born and raised in...
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Do you ever tweak your genre?
You hear the term a lot when writing about genres and how every book should have specific elements which fit into its category. Of course you get what’s fast becoming known as...
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Dodgy Things Writers Do
Stare at strangers on public transport - we call it observingLaugh at the screen while typing – we call this ‘Getting in Character.’Talk to ourselves while writing – Is there a legitimate excuse for...
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Thumbs up to Jennifer Hillier’s CREEP
I don’t usually do book reviews on the Blog, but I'm making an exception for my Blogger Buddy Jennifer Hillier whose debut thriller, CREEP, came out last week and which I finished reading over the...
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How Many Words are Enough?
We’ve all heard about word counts and book lengths. We’ve also heard about daily quotas of how many words different writers write each day. But how many words written each day are enough? An adult...
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Blog Swap with Misha Gericke: Dealing with Plot Twists
Today I'm doing a Blog Swap with the very cool Misha Gericke from sunny South Africa. She's here on my blog discussing how she deals with plot twists, and I'm over at her blog discussing how I deal...
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When Our Parents Were Our Age...
They knew everybody within a ten-mile radiusThey knew the Postman by nameMilk was delivered in bottles straight to the houseThe newspaper, tooTV was in black and whiteThere was no such thing as...
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Catching Motivation
My friend who also writes, asked me to send my first chapter of my second novel so they could read it. Now I was a bit hesitant because it’s a first draft. We all know how awful those are. Though I...
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The Best Query Letter Writers? Readers!
Yep, definitely. Have you been onto Amazon and seen the ease in which readers pop out (unintentionally by them) queries?It’s simply in the way they give overviews of books. And what a great job they...
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The Synonym Finder - 1 Million Synonyms
Hey, all - I've been meaning to recommend this uber-thesaurus for some time.Not sure if you've heard of the book but it's great - has over 1 million synonyms, more than any other thesaurus on the...
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Jeez I’ve Written Some Awful Queries
I was looking through some of my old query letters the other day.Heck, if I’d been an agent receiving those queries I’d have rejected me. So many of the things that agents tell us NOT to do, I did....
View ArticleMini Hiatus
Hey, allThe Blog is going on a mini hiatus due to housing renovations that have turned everything upside down and made blogging very tricky over the last week.I’ll hopefully be back in a couple of...
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Boo!
Howdy everyone! How’re you all doing?Okay, so the mini hiatus I took from the break was longer than anticipated. A lot longer than anticipated. Not intentional when I took a hiatus from the blog,...
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