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IndieBound E-Reader
This is an odds and ends day! Lots of illness in my family, so I’m just trying to hang in there and get my 750 words written today. Independent Bookstores Get Branded eBook Reader IndieBound Mobile APP (only for Android right now, but soon for iOS) was released this week. It is a branded ebook…
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Top 5 Writing Tips the Grinch Stole
Grinch Tips on Character Stop that! You’re too nice to your characters. The Grinch is despicable and you know it. Did you create nice, wonderful characters? Too bad for you! No one will read it. Take a page from Dr. Seuss. Be nasty when you create characters. Try different physical descriptions, motivations, typical ways of…
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Winter & Holiday Writing Tips
For the seventh year, Fiction Notes offers writing tips from popular personalities of the season. Tomorrow, the Grinch joins the lineup, with Top 5 Writing Tips from the Grinch (link will work on Friday, Nov. 25). As our holiday gift to you, We are offering all 5 Winter and Holiday Writing Tips series posts as…
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working methods
Find a Working Method that Works for You My current WIP novel is at a curious stage. I’ve finished two drafts and now have feedback from two readers. I collated all the critiques onto one printout and have made even more notes on these pages. So, the creative writing problem has been how to proceed…
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Outline scenes
This outline of a scene often helps me plan what to write for the day.