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Category: General Interest
Writing Romance: The Alpha Hero
The most obvious starting place to discuss the types of romance heroes is with the Alpha male – Alpha hero. Alpha Male: a domineering man; the dominant member in a group of males, especially animals. They say that the term was coined mainly to distinguish between boring heroes and exciting heroes. Really? I’ve seen some…
Asking for Advice: A How-To…Avoid Letting Advice Drive You Mad
Recently, I posted two possible covers for an upcoming endeavor on Facebook, asking for, yes, you guessed it, the dreaded ADVICE. You see, I love hearing thoughts on cover art, on manuscripts, on marketing as well as how to live a better, more productive writerly life. Advice can be the best thing EVER. And then…
Covers Matter…A Lot
All day long at my job at the library I watch people pick out books. Step one: the cover or the author’s name (if they’ve read them previously or heard something about them) catches their eye. Step two: they pick up the book and read the cover blurb to find out what the book is…
Perspective Lost and Found
Sometimes, if you take a break from your current WIP for an extended period of time, you lose focus on it. The next time you sit down it becomes hard to recapture the tone, the pace, the perspective on the work that you had when you started it. This can sometimes be especially true for…