Adventures In Writer Land

Finally reading! :-)

Finally reading! :-)

Adventures In Writer Land: Meet Christine Marie!

I’m highlighting one of my critique partners today. Christine Marie is not only a writer, but she’s also a publicist. Stop by to learn more about her.

Adventures In Writer Land: Toni De Palma's Book Signing

Friday I went to see my wonderful critique partner and amazing author Toni De Palma at her book signing. :-)

Writers by the Shore: Making the Cut

Sometimes our favorite scenes just don’t make the cut.

Adventures In Writer Land: Brainstorming

I love this part of writing - brainstorming. So much fun!

And this is what I do when not reading or writing - I build train tracks.

And this is what I do when not reading or writing - I build train tracks.

“The character at the beginning isn’t worthy of the reward at the end of the book—the writer must put them through trials to make them worthy.”
— Kelley Armstrong at RT13 (paraphrased) @kelleyarmstrong (via bethrevis)
Writers by the Shore: One Month Countdown to the Release of Triangles!

ONE month to go before TRIANGLES by the amazing Kimberly Ann Miller is released. Stop by to learn more about Dr. Hardy’s role in this YA debut and enter to win a gift card for books!!!

Adventures In Writer Land: Backstory and Timing

The other day I was reading an article or a blog post (and unfortunately I can’t locate it to reference) about keeping the readers attention. The article noted the key to keeping a reader from skipping over what they deem unnecessary information is to include only what is relevant at the time.

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