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Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Enjoy food, friends, and family or however you celebrate!
Character Takeover: Emily Valentine
Thanksgiving is tomorrow! I’m so busy with dinner preparations I almost forgot to do this post. Well, and I’ve never blogged before. Blogged is the right term, right? Someone asked me to do this and I really know nothing. What do I write about? I guess me. My name is...
Character Inspiration
Some people have asked “can I be a character in your next story?” or “can you write a story about me?” Be careful what you wish for. I won’t design a character of you trait-for-trait. You may not even recognize yourself on the page. If you want, I’ll give you a...
Current Research: Car Bombs and Making Them Believable
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
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.
What is An Alpha Reader and Do Writers Need One?
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...





