Amazon worked tirelessly last week and this weekend and has fixed the major glitches (missing emdashes, weird characters replacing quotation marks and italics, and missing apostrophes) in the quarterfinalists excerpts from the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) Contest!!! There are … Continue reading
Tuesday, I stalked Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award webpage like a 13 year old with a crush. Finally at 11:30 a.m., they quarterfinalists were announced…. This time I remembered K comes after J and I took a deep breath. Preparing mentally … Continue reading
I recently read a book. A well-crafted book written by an author I admire. And I didn’t love it. I liked it. I powered through the whole book in a few days. The writing was strong. The premise was interesting. … Continue reading
Today, I am turning my blog over to the fabulous and talented Martine Helene Svanevik, a fiction writer from Montreal. I absolutely adore her blog about writing and training over on nascentnovelist.wordpress.com. You should definitely check it out. She tells me … Continue reading
Big thanks to SweetMotherLover for giving me the ABC Blog Award! She has a fun blog and her take on this award would make milk spurt out of your nose if you were stupid enough to drink while reading her … Continue reading
SHOW DON’T TELL. In critique groups, someone says it. The listener nods. But when that nodder was me, I didn’t get it. I’ve read tons of examples of showing versus telling, but I think the easiest to grasp involves … Continue reading
Today, I’m guest posting on NascentNovelist’s blog about James Scott Bell’s fabulous Writer’s Digest Conference workshop on Conflict and Tension. So head over to NascentNovelist’s blog and show Martine some blog love. I’ll be popping over there throughout the day to … Continue reading
This is not a book to read when you are nervous about Pitch Slam. Which is of course when I was reading it. Lisa Gardner delivers a heart-racing, pulse-pounding thrill ride that never stops. NEVER. Do not read this before … Continue reading
First of all, I am delighted to be doing a guest blog for Kourtney! We met during the Writers’ Roundtable at the SCBWI conference two weeks ago. I highly recommend the critique sessions. Sharing your work is a great way … Continue reading
Triple award winning JM McDowell awarded me the Sunshine Blog Award. A hundred daisies worth of thanks! My mom would chuckle at that (especially when she tries to converse in the AM), but I’m going to smile and thank JM for … Continue reading
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