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Outlines and Sub Plots, Oh My!
Posted on August 25, 2019 1 Comment
Oh my is right! It’s been a busy week, dear reader. But I am pleased to say I have finalized my outline! My upcoming work, The House on Maple Street, is really starting to take shape and I’m so excited for it’s release in just a few short months. When approaching my outline, I decided […]
Meet Evelyn Berke
Posted on August 20, 2019 7 Comments
It is my privilege to introduce to you Ms Evelyn Berke. Ms Berke serves as the head librarian at a small private college, affectionately known as JC. But her true passion is history. Evelyn is an amateur historian, working with the local historical society, compiling the stories of the people and places around the sleepy, […]
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To Prologue or Not to Prologue
Posted on August 18, 2019 4 Comments
That is certainly the question. To epilogue for that matter. As a reader, I confess I often skip over prologues when I start a book. I’m also prone to skip the epilogue. The idea of gripping the reader with something of a trailer or preview of something that is going to happen later in the […]
Welcome to Maple Street
Posted on August 12, 2019 1 Comment
There was a vision in my head, when I started working out my plot line, of what the house my characters would live in would look like. I knew what I wanted it to look like but I couldn’t quite get my head around it. That is until I was combing through some old vacation […]
Throwing Up on Paper
Posted on August 11, 2019 Leave a Comment
Okay, I’m really talking about a thought dump but that title got your attention, right?! My thought dump was a chance to get all of my ideas out of my head and down on paper. The point of this exercise was not to hash out a specific outline for my upcoming book, get into the […]
Ten Day Writing Challenge
Posted on August 10, 2019 Leave a Comment
As part of getting in shape to begin writing again, I started with a writing prompt per day writing challenge. If you’ve never tried something like this, I highly recommend giving it a try. Your challenge is to set aside one hour each day to take a prompt and just write. Don’t overthink this. No […]
10 Day Writing Challenge, New Writing Prompts to Spark Your Creativity
Posted on August 10, 2019 Leave a Comment
As part of getting in shape to begin writing again, I started with a writing prompt per day writing challenge. If you’ve never tried something like this, I highly recommend giving it a try. Your challenge is to set aside one hour each day to take a prompt and just write. Don’t overthink this. No […]
My Top Ten Most Recommended Books
Posted on August 9, 2019 Leave a Comment
If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you know I read about a book a week. I read a wide range of genres, traditionally published books, indie books. From novels to novellas, I’ll read just about anything. Which means people are always asking me for recommendations. But the question I find hard to answer […]
My Top Ten Reads
Posted on August 9, 2019 Leave a Comment
People often ask me for recommendations when they’re looking for a book to read. So I have complied a list of my top ten recommended books. These are in no particular order. I’ve provided links to Amazon for your convenience (not affiliate links) along with what I find meaningful about each of them. A Cry […]
Starting From Scratch
Posted on August 9, 2019 Leave a Comment
I will admit, it has been a long time since I’ve spent any real time writing. By that, I’m not referring to emails or the documents I write in my 9 to 5. I mean sitting down and developing a plot line, telling a story, creating a character. One of my hobbies, as a teenager, […]
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