By Karen Duvall Description often gets overlooked for the power it can have in a story. Some dismiss it as no big deal, just use the five senses and you’re good to go. Some avoid using it altogether because they think readers skip that part to get to the action. Some worry over excessive exposition…
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Lesson Eleven –The Market –Big Press, Small Press, Self-pub
By Jeanne C. Stein We’ve reached the last lesson. I hope I’ve given you one or two nuggets to strengthen your writing. This lesson will increase your understanding of the business. The two go hand in hand. If you are truly serious about a writing career, it isn’t enough to immerse yourself in the creative…
Why the Itsy Bitsy Spider Is a Bad Metaphor
By Jeffe Kennedy Now that summer is here, I start my mornings by watering the potted plants on the patio, which always sets the spiders scurrying away. I don’t worry about them, because I know they’ll come back to their webs and continue spinning and weaving. I do worry about the finches, who love to…
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #5
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #5 Heather Webb – Finding Your Voice Historical Novelist Heather Webb talks about Becoming Josephine, Rodin’s Lover and the master class she will be giving as part of the Colorado Gold Conference in Denver. Her workshop is called, “I Hear Voices – The Art and Craft of the Distinctive…
How to Get Away with Murder (Non-TV Show Edition)
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer From the title you’d guess that I was about to tell you how to murder someone. But I’m not. At least not really. This post is about reality in fiction. No, really dear NSA (who can still read my meta data, or is that my mind thanks to the Patriot Act…