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  • Being in the Scene

    As part of my marketing efforts, I want to offer you a whiff of what I’ve been doing.  I’ve been making what’s called posters (or, supposedly, memes, but I’m staying away from that term si

  • The Review: You Can Do It!

    Reviews.  I’m convinced that they’re they bane of every writer’s existence.  Truly.  Our very lives as writers hinge on them. We hold our breaths as we wait for them to come in. Well, sort

  • The Balance Beam of Theme

    Theme.  That’s an elusive term to grasp.  If a writer pushes too hard at a theme, it’s easy to overdo, and she comes across as preaching.  If a writer doesn’t care about a theme, then itâ€

  • Entangling the Reader in the Plot

    Many of you know that, surprise, surprise, I was not an English major in college.  I was a physics major, and the language I spoke and even wrote in during college was mathematics because it’s t

  • A Brave New Step

    In February, I attended a writer’s retreat.  We ate chocolate.  Talked a lot, laughed, and even cried.  And yes, we did write.  But one of the best things we did was learn about the mysteriou