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Being a writer is more than just sitting at a desk with a pen and a notebook or staring at a computer screen and hoping the words write themselves. For a story to be truly captivating, readers must often use their suspension of disbelief. If you want a definition,...

Happy Veterans Day! Take a moment today to thank a veteran, whether it’s a person close to you or one you see in passing or at a Veterans Day event.

You’ve likely heard of beta reading or beta testing before, where you get a nearly final product to test out or read and give feedback to make the version released to the public the best it can be. But does anything come before beta? Yes! Alpha testers or readers are...

Today is National Author’s Day! Today would have been a great day to announce the release date of my upcoming novel, but alas, it’s stuck in proofreading. It’s the last step before publication, and I’m itching to get it done. But there are other ways to celebrate. –...

Hi. I’ve never written a blog post before. It’s something I usually have my secretary do because she’s more tech savvy than me. The biggest tech I deal with is my cameras for surveillance. But you all want to know about me, right? That she can’t really write about....

I hope you all are enjoying this month about what goes into writing, and some of my writing in particular. One thing that’s always a part of a fiction (or any) writer’s routine is research. As I said last week, I’ve researched the size of entrance and exit wounds for...