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Tag Archives: Indie Authors
Meet My Character Blog Hop!
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been invited by Maria Alexander to participate in the Meet My Character Blog Hop. This blog tour is meant to highlight a main character from a WIP, recently published, or soon-to-be published work by us, the authors. Maria’s … Continue reading
Bad Me/Good Me
Okay, so I’m not playing the Writing 101 game anymore 😦 Bad me. I’m trying desperately hard to reach the 50,000 words for JuNoWriMo but haven’t actually written anything since Sunday. 😦 Bad me. I finished another Lisa Kleypas novel! … Continue reading
First-World Abolitionist
Even without the aid of Corti-Slim, I am determined to stay here – grounded and with a rightful purpose. To work on improving my writing skills in order to make a living as a recognized author. Writing about this particular … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, authors, blogging, character development, creativity, effective writing, emotion, Emotions, experience, feelings, fiction, fiction writer, fictional characters, finding me, First-World problems, friends, Indie Authors, Indie Publishing, inspiration, letting go, love, maturity, my writing, my writing progress, random thoughts, real world, Real World problems, regroup my soul, romance, romance novels, romance writers, romantic fiction, Self-Publishing, talent, writers, writing, writing style
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Letting Go
Alright, so I goofed up. I blogged in the wrong frame of mind, and now I feel dumb. All it takes to get over myself, though, is people. People tend to make me see the true ass I am even … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, authors, blogging, creativity, effective writing, emotion, experience, fiction, fiction writer, Indie Authors, Indie Publishing, inspiration, life, love, moods, motivation, negative traits, opinion, publishing, reliability, romance, romance novels, romance writers, romantic fiction, self-esteem, Self-Publishing, talent, the mind trap, writers, writing, writing analysis
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All Kinds of Wonderment
Today is just chock full ‘o surprises. While rummaging through one of the un-unpacked storage boxes from my last move, I came across this nearly empty so I keep diluting the stuff bottle of hair tonic that is way ages … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, awareness, effective writing, emotion, experience, fiction, fiction writer, Indie Authors, Indie Publishing, inspiration, mindful, new discoveries, opinion, reliability, romance novels, romance writers, romantic fiction, Self-Publishing, talent, writers, writing, writing flow, writing prompts
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Audience
As I continue to figure out new ways to reach new people in order to generate interest in my publication, a few things manage to stump or amuse me. This, for example, is what I found at my Smashwords account … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, audience, authors, creativity, effective writing, emotion, experience, Facebook, failed attempt to Indie publish, fans, fiction, fiction writer, followers, guidelines, harsh reality, Indie Authors, Indie Publishing, Publishers, publishing, rejection, romance novels, romance writers, romantic fiction, Self-Publishing, talent, Traditional publishing, Twitter, writers, writing
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Sunday Funnies
So, today is the first day of June. (brief, quiet pause) YAY! Whoo-Hoo! Hurray! Summer is just around the corner! I’ve waited for it since last September, and here it is again, making another fabulous appearance with its heaping helpings … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, creativity, editing, effective writing, fiction, fiction writer, first-person, first-person narrative, first-person tense, guidelines, Indie Authors, Indie Publishing, JuNoWriMo, love, opinion, romance novels, romance writers, romantic fiction, writers, writing, writing rules
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Covering the Cover
This topic is near and dear to my heart, and yet not something I like thinking about because of the exclusionary aspects involved. People with money are free to do whatever they damn well please whenever they want and however … Continue reading
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Tagged artistry, authors, cover model, creativity, exclusion, exclusionary, fiction, fiction writer, Indie Authors, Indie Publishing, inspiration, love, novel covers, novels, publishing, romance, romance novels, romance writers, romantic fiction, sex, sex sells, writers, writing
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Perspective
Today’s self-taught lesson is on Perspective I already talked about POV and how I was actually right and my critics were wrong. This isn’t about POV, though. Today, I’m going to walk myself through Frame of Reference or Approach. My … Continue reading
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Damitol
Actually, I refer to them as cuss words, but no one else I know does. When I use the word CUSS to refer to the mainstream utterances in everyday speech, I’m met with perplexity and sometimes giggles. I think the … Continue reading
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Tagged authors, bad words, character development, cuss words, cussing, cussing and the romance novel, dirty words, effective writing, emotion, fiction, fiction writer, fictional characters, guidelines, Indie Authors, Indie Publishing, love, negative traits, opinion, publishing, romance, romance novels, romance writers, romantic fiction, sex, social tenets, swear words, swear words in fiction, swearing, using bad words in your novel, vulgar language, writers, writing, writing rules
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