“Rushing to Trudy’s side, I knelt beside her. She had no outward signs of being injured, but before I was able to untie her I heard the whoosh of the

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  Today I want to extend a happy birthday to three accomplished writers who were born today:    ·  Nora Ephron  71, Screenwriter, Novelist, Playwright   ·  Jodi Picoult  46, Novelist · 

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Every Friday during May I am inviting a member of my writer’s group to be a guest blogger. Today I’m excited to introduce new SciFi storyteller Shane Etter, a Mississippi

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  In today’s Ask the Experts post, Guy Bergstrom, the provocative blogger of Red Pen of Doom (the evil secret to all writing is editing), who has more than 6,000

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Regardless of whether you are writing a blog or a novel, you need to find your unique “voice.” In fact, putting your personality into your prose is the “secret” to

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Non-fiction writers already know this: interviewing primary sources is an important component to book research. Even fiction writers do their homework by talking to people to help them establish a

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  Today is the WordCount Blogathon Swap Day! Fellow blogger, Kathryn Lance, the author of more than 50 published books of fiction and nonfiction, shares the importance of showing rather

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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my

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  An early photo of Mom and Aunt Bob.   Mother’s Day for me is a mixed blessing — I have two beautiful children and a devoted husband to share

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  Today’s guest blogger is Mari Ann Stefanelli Perusek, an aspiring author and a member of my writer’s group. Mari Ann and I share a common sorrow – the loss

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