How-To Write Lesson 7: Fun and Games

Welcome to lesson 7 in our Save The Cat beat sheet series on story structure: beat 8! Beat 8 is called fun and games and it involves multiple scenes. It also runs through 1/3 of your novel. Yeah, it is big and important. It takes place throughout the 20-to-50% mark in your story. And just …

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How-To Write Lesson 6: B Story

the A-story is the external story line, what happens to the protagonist on the surface, in the outside world. B-story is what's happening inside. As your hero moves along in their journey, what small, internal changes are happening? Are they softening to an idea they...

How-To Write: a series

Many of you that follow this blog have done so because of the resources and writing advice. My content of late has been all-over the map, but that has been more about building my portfolio than anything else. Apparently prospective employers want to see a variety of content. But I want to make it up …

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How-To Write a Creative Work Proposal For Your Manuscript

A creative work proposal is a compilation packet of sorts. It serves as the bridge between the writer and publisher. A proposal is a business plan for a creative work that is submitted to a publisher or agent...

How To Choose Between Traditional and Self-Publishing

What kind of writer am I? The point of a writer asking themselves that question is really to help initiate the goal process. As we all know, goal-setting is important in writing. Nothing ever gets written if I don't force myself to make the time to sit down and write. When it came to writing …

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Plots and Socks: a writing process

(2014 re-post) I like my plots the way I like my socks. Tight and free of holes. And, let me tell you, it isn’t easy. I never really thought about ‘my process’ until this past weekend, when my husband and I had some friends over. I am one of those people who never really talks about …

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Sneak Peek at Force, Releasing 10/10!

Here's an excerpt from my forthcoming novel, Force, the sequel to last years, Inertia ... this is from the non-copy-edited version, but it's still awesome! Enjoy!! A massive blue funnel stretches up from the ground. It’s at least five times the size of the one in Ivanhoe. As it materializes, stretching up to the clouds …

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Between Octobers is FREE today only! On Amazon

Yep! That's what this whole seond post is about. My first book, Bewtween Octobers, (womens fiction with some suspense and romance) is FREE TODAY ONLY. Click the cover to go to amazon and grab your free kindle copy! SOME REVIEWS: "Lovers of both thriller and romance will enjoy Between Octobers. I rate this book 4 …

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Book Trailer: INERTIA Book 1 The Threestone Trilogy

FINALLY! The book trailer for my first science fiction novel is complete! Feel free to take a look-see and tell me what you think!

Book Review: A Pound Of Flesh By Sophie Jackson

Orange Is the New Black meets Jennifer Probst’s New York Times bestselling Marriage to a Billionaire trilogy, featuring a strong-minded prison tutor who discovers that her sexy bad-boy student is far more than he appears to be. Haunted by nightmares of her father’s street murder fifteen years ago, Kat Lane decides to face her fears …

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