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GROWING YOUR CHARACRERS THROUGH A SERIES
I was on the verge of doing another article on authors I like when I thought of author Michael Slade. That’s a pseudonym for what used to be a group of authors spearheaded by one Jay...
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HAVE YOU EVER FELT OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE?
Almost sounds like a dumb question, but let’s think about this a moment. How did you get started in this passion? The best way for me to express this is from my own example. It’s certainly...
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DISCOVERING NEW WRITERS
Part of being a writer is that you have to love reading. I have a lot of trouble understanding how someone could isolate themselves into a shell, write stories, novels, even non-fiction,...
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COFERENCE AFTERMATH – WHAT I LEARNED
Despite this being my ninth writer’s conference, I always pick up something new. JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER The subject of book covers came up quite a bit. The gist was that it’s critical that the...
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DEMONSTRATING MY POINT
I finally found another new icky bug on the shelves. Once again, as I’ve done with most other books I’ve talked about, I won’t mention the title so not to bias you one way or the other. My point is to...
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WHEN THE LITERARY WORLD DOESN’T LIKE YOUR GENRE
You’ve all heard the old ism, “life’s tough.” In the world of literature, it seems that when it comes to icky bug (okay, horror for those of you that aren’t familiar with my terminology), this genre is...
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WHY I WRITE HORROR
The other day, I was asked the question on-line, “What genres to you write and why.” I’m sure I’ve alluded to all of them here and there throughout my two-plus years on this web site, but it’s time to...
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PACING
I just finished an icky bug by one of my past favorite masters of the genre. He’s been off the rails for a long time, in my book, writing in first-person, not my personal taste. Whenever he takes a...
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A SHORT INTERVIEW WITH MYSELF
Every author needs a publicity packet. As part of that packet, a good component is the quick interview to let potential customers know a bit about you. You don’t want to tell them every irrelevant...
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2015 CONFERENCE AFTERMATH
It’s with a bit of sadness and a bit of joy that I say goodbye to the 2015 Las Vegas Writer’s Conference. Even though I quote myself from a Facebook post I made last night (as I write this), it’s...
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ICKY BUG – THE STORY BEHIND THE PHRASE
I’ve talked about this numerous times through the life of The Worlds Of Fred Rayworth. This will be the first time I’ve ever consolidated the entire story into one place at one time, solo, so to speak....
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