Showing posts with label writer's life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writer's life. Show all posts
Sunday, February 15, 2026

What do I think when I read my books NOW?

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Time has a way of changing your views. What makes sense today sometimes won't make sense a week, month, or year from now. Of course, thi...
Sunday, October 20, 2024

Do I always agree with my characters? 🫣

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Like the parent of a child, people often hold writers responsible for their characters and assume their words and actions are the writer...
Sunday, October 13, 2024

Why I'm not writing (right now) 😬

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People often ask me if I'm writing anything now. Having been an author since 2010, with 18 books to my credit, they're usually surp...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

July 2024 newletter 🇨🇦

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🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day! To those in Canada, I hope this is a wonderful day to celebrate with friends and family. If you're American, Happ...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

I'm not my characters 🙀

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Shortly after publishing my first book,  Fire , in 2010, I was surprised when people started to inquire if the protagonist's story was b...
Monday, December 2, 2019

Why do you need a sharp book cover? 😉(Updated)

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Book covers should symbolize the pages inside, but how much of an impact do they make? Do we judge a book by its cover? I spend a lot of ...
Thursday, November 21, 2019

Should you read your own books? 😳 (Updated)

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After revising, editing, and rereading your manuscript a million times before publishing, you might think the last thing you want to do is t...
Friday, October 26, 2018

Do writers need a high word count per day? 💻 (updated)

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I often notice authors commenting on their word count per day, and there seems to be a certain amount of self-imposed stress to meet specifi...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Start your book with a bang! The importance of chapter one 🤩(Updated)

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Chapter one is your chance to grab readers by the throat and make them want more! We see it all the time in television show pilots. It...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

How Do I Start my Book? 📚 (Updated)

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I will admit that there is a lot of time and effort involved in writing a book. However once broken down into small, manageable tasks, it is...
Thursday, September 20, 2018

Why do authors bug the shit out of you for a review! 🙄 (Updated)

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Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not shy to ask for a book review. It doesn't have to be a long review. It doesn't have to hav...
Saturday, September 15, 2018

Why do we love the anti-hero? 🔪 (Updated)

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Oh, those bad boys and girls! Don't we love them? There's just something about the rebellion and going against the grain character...
Friday, September 14, 2018

The Curse of Chapter Two! ✌🏼(Updated)

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For some reason, I often have issues writing chapter two. I guess it's because there is so much drama in chapter one that it seems to ki...
Thursday, September 13, 2018

Why it's important to see through the character's eyes 👁 (Updated)

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One of the aspects I like best about writing has been getting inside a character's head. I love being able to see things from their eyes...
Sunday, September 9, 2018

Do we judge women writers differently? 👩🏼 (Updated)

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Female writers. Lots of us out there. I'm just wondering if many women writers are conscious of whether or not their book comes across a...
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