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• What do you look for in historical fiction?

  
  Chip MacGregor .com — Authority: 132
  Someone wrote to ask,  “Should an author who writes historical fiction stick only to fiction? Since so much historical research has to be conducted, how do you feel about authors using their novel research to also pen nonfiction?” I think it depends on the author’s preference, or maybe their gifting. I ...
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• What can a Beta Reading service offer you?

  
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  I first met my wonderful Beta Reader, Marion, when His Brand Of Beautiful, published by Escape Publishing, was released in March 2013. At the time, I approached Marion (who reviews for the US website, Ravishing Romances , as Musing Maddie) to review His Brand Of Beautiful for me. That review sparked one of those ...
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• Driving your Young Adult Novel’s Plot

  
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  This month I’m going to talk about craft–specifically, structuring the plot of your YA novel.  Often when I’m instructing writing classes, I find  that there’s some confusion about plotting.  If I ask “What’s your book’s plot?” I get vague answers along the lines of “It’s about a girl who just ...
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• Learn To Write By Studying (and writing) Poetry

  
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  po·et·ry /ˈpōətrē/Noun 1.Literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm;... 2.A quality of beauty and intensity of emotion regarded as characteristic of poems: "poetry and fire are nicely balanced in the music". When I ...
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• Getting it Write

  
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  Cara/Andrea here, I know some of the other Wenches have talked here about the process of re-releasing some of their earlier books in digital e-book format, but be that as it may, I thought I’d share some of my thoughts on the subject too, especially as the titles I’ve been working on are the first books I ever ...
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• Showing Emotion in your Writing

  
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  Confused about the Objective Correlative? Huh? What. i.s she. talking about? Okay, to put is more simply -- how about discovering a better way to show emotion in your writing -- better than saying, He was sad . Or She was pleased . Check out this Craft Talk Tuesday article by author, Carol Brendler, on the blog ...
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• Kathryn Guare - Interview #242 (5/6/13)

  
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  Vermont author Kathryn Guare , whose novel, Deceptive Cadence: The Virtuosic Spy, Book I , came out in April. Todays Write The Book Prompt was suggested by my guest, Kathryn Guare. When shes out in the world, just going about her life, she will sometimes be inspired to consider how her characters might ...
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• What Do Editors Want?

  
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  This morning I woke up with a purpose; I had to choose which contest I will enter next, and this time, me preparing to enter a contest can benefit you . The changes I made based on comments I received from the judges of the last contest have garnered my critique partners enthusiastic approval. Those pages are ...
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• What Works For Some May Not Work For Others

  
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  As an agent, I spend time with my authors making recommendations on how to work through their stories and plot out ideas. My goal is to get a project to a place that the story will be marketable to potential editors.  But, it is amazing how many times we come up with ideas, think we have a great project, and then, ...
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• On filling the writing well

  
  Desert Dispatches — Authority: 120
  It’s been a busy several weeks … busy several months, really … in ways that have little to do with writing. Except, of course, that everything has to do with writing, and everything affects it. I’m not always graceful about admitting when it’s time to refill the writing well. The times when I’m most busy ...
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• Always Plan Ahead - Think Of Your Future Writing Career

  
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  One question I frequently ask authors when I discuss submissions with them is where they see their writing in the future. This question not only looks at how they see their over-all career moving, but also looks at future projects they are thinking about working on. As an author, knowing future projects is a must. ...
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• 10 year anniversary book launch!

  
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  This week sees my 10 year anniversary since I got The Call from Kimberly Young at Harlequin Mills and Boon that launched my publishing career. To celebrate, Im launching DO IT WRITE , a little reference book packed with gems Ive picked up over the years, as well as some easy how-to stuff with sample synopses, etc... ...
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• Write Now

  
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  Ah, the best laid plans. Ive been trying to do Monday and Wednesday posts on the blog. They havent worked out that well lately. Im looking at how to work that out. Today I wanted to give a little blurb about how my fiction project is progressing. I am almost done with my second revision. I have to write a new ...
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• Better Than Brainstorming

  
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  Don’t Brainstorm, Practice Mental Proctology I don’t like brainstorming. Brainstorming puts too much emphasis on thinking. You can’t write a good book by thinking or using your brain in any way: You need to engage your rectalbrain, that is to say your true you. When you unplug your rectalbrain, you’ll be ...
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• a letter in your writing doesnt mean youre not dead

  
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  I delivered the publication version of Steles of the Sky at about 4 AM this morning. It goes to production now, and if all goes well, next April you will have a lovely bundle of pages or pixels in your hot little hand. (Ive already seen sketches for the cover art. Oh man. This is not going to suck. The roughs are ...
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• Time to revise, but how will I know if Im making it better, not worse?

  
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  Everyone knows about the terror of the blank page that youve just written Chapter One at the top of. Some writers spend weeks approaching it, dabbing a couple of words on, and deleting them. Others research for a decade in order to avoid getting to the blank page moment at...
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• Interview Techniques for the Time-Constrained

  
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  Hello and a very happy springtime to you! Maureen Pratt here with my monthly CAN blog on the Writing Craft. This time, I thought Id go "behind the scenes" and offer some tips on conducting interviews when either you or your subject (or both) dont have oodles of time to sit and gab. Although this might seem like a ...
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• Anne Lamott - Interview #240 (4/22/13)

  
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  Best-selling author of fiction, essays and memoir,  Anne Lamott . We discussed Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Sons First Son . Following the interview with Anne Lamott, a partial rebroadcast from 2008, with the poet David Budbill . As we continue to enjoy National Poetry Month , this weeks ...
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• Dont Make It Harder Than It Is - Finding the simple solution

  
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  One thing I have noticed in a lot of submissions is how hard and how complicated many writers make their stories. I do think much of this stems from the work they do with their critique partners or from feedback from contests. Where do I find most of these problems? In the backstory dumps the authors try to spin. ...
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• Guest Post by Patricia Neely-Dorsey, author of the poetry books, Reflections and Magnolia Memories

  
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  I am always repeating the story of how I started to write poetry. Because of the origin of my poems, I feel that were gifts to me. When I share a poem with readers, it’s like sharing a treasured gift.  I wrote my very first poem on February 14th, 2007.  I woke up out of my sleep with this poem swirling ...
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