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A long time ago someone told me that if I started as a fantasy author, I would always be a fantasy author. It was stressed that I had to pick one field to master and then go with it, limiting myself to that field. Being the young, easily swayed person I was back … Continue reading About Writing Different Genre’s
This week it's all about titles in the Round Robin conversation! The question posed is this: "How important is a title? What attracts you to a certain title, and how do you determine what to title your book? " Now, if I was a marking guru, which I'm not, I would say the title was … Continue reading How Important Are Titles? Round Robin Post
As of this evening my novelette "Torven" has a completed rough draft. Given its very small length (16006 words) I have been toying around with the idea of giving it away for free or really, really cheap (after it's gone through a rigorous editing) which has led me to the normal marketing spiel/debate. I've been … Continue reading Writing and Business and the In-Between
Recently I met with another local author and had one of those Zen moments where I had to decide exactly why I write. This author was very well put together, had her spiel (aka, pitch) memorized and gave every outward appearance of success. She looked, in a word, classy. Flash to me ... in my … Continue reading Marketing and Me
As of today I have 38,643 words edited in the Tapped novel. According to my calendar I should be on Chapter 11, but I'm actually moving into Chapter 13 next week. I'm supremely pleased with the way it is turning out. Thanks to my developmental editor I'm having a blast fleshing out all those places … Continue reading Blurbs & The Hated Synopsis
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