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My Birthday, New Year’s Resolutions – Those aren’t the floorboards creaking
yadadarcyyada I should have stood in bed…I don’t know where that joke came from, other than my Dad used to say it, but some mornings more than others, I understand. I got up the morning of a birthday and realized the creaking I heard as I walked away from my bed wasn’t from the floorboards. […]
New Podcast Up: Beginning Lines and Ending Hobbits
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
In this end of year podcast we discuss the most important beginning of any novel: the first line. The first line is something that writers like Stephen King spend a month preparing. It is the line that hooks the reader, that sets the tone for the novel, and…
Goodbye 2014
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Last day of 2014—I’d just like to say thank you to everyone who has contributed to this blog over the past year. According to the WordPress stats, if each view was a bum on a seat, you’d have filled the Sydney Opera House six times over. Why WordPress believes…
A Big “Thank You” to all recent Reviewers of Conditions
Originally posted on writerchristophfischer:
Wow – since the BookBub promotion I had a surge in reviews – mostly good and a few bad ones – the full range. Thanks to ALL REVIEWERS – from the bottom of my heart – for taking the time to read and for telling others about it. I fully agree…
The Guardian Begins
Originally posted on Have We Had Help?:
Well, it’s New Year’s day in my other home – New Zealand, even though it’s still December the thirty-first here in the UK. So I have begun to write my new science fiction novel. I have settled on The Guardian as the title. For the few who bothered…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 