I've blogged about this before, but I feel it needs repeating. Read your stories aloud before you send them off for publication. You'll catch so much more than reading quietly to yourself. Trust me. I've been over Frozen Fire a few dozen times. My writers' group has gone through it. Yesterday, I took it out …
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So Frozen Fire has passed my Beta Reader (Thank you, Barb) with flying colors! WooHoo! One final read-through by me and it's off to publishers. I've posted about this before, but I think it need to be posted again. Beta Readers are essential for every writer. They're the first taste you get of what your …
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Getting Frozen Fire ready for another round of submissions. Reprinted it to read aloud to the cats. In fact, Jake is sitting on top of it now, waiting for me to begin. Elwood will come once I begin...as long as it's outside. I always read my manuscripts aloud after every draft. If I've sent it …
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I get it all the time: "Where did you get that idea?" I usually tell the person that I keep a journal and got it out of there. That's the simple version. But, the truth is a bit more complicated. I usually combine a ton of things together for a story. Example: I've been thinking …
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