Let’s be honest, people only really come to appreciate a thing when they are in danger of losing it. This holds true for friends and family, boyfriends, girlfriends, pets, your favorite ratty old chair, that Van Halen poster hanging on the wall, and your extensive beer bottle collection. It also holds true for your characters….
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There comes a time in every writer’s career…no, scratch that, there comes a couple of times in every writer’s career…wait, strike that again, there are many times during the writing process…hold on, I can phrase that better: There comes many times during every waking day of a writer’s life in which they come to the…
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Today I’m going to write the first in a series of blogs that purports to discuss a topic on publishing but are also in actuality a not-so-subtle plug for a new book series we’re publishing. Hey, at least I’m up front with you. I was inspired by how some of the best people I know…
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This is a blog about blogging, which is very meta. If you got that dork reference, either you’re really into Greek, or you spend too much time on the internet. Either way, you and I would probably get along. Blogging is like working out. You should definitely do it, but it’s also a time consuming…
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Social networking. What a beast. I get exhausted just thinking about it. Nothing to do but jump right into it. Start with twitter. The thing about twitter is that it is weird as hell. You’ve got a ton of strange acronyms and personal messages and “retweets” and “mentions” (if you’re any good at it) and…
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