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Not What I Meant When I Wrote That, But Okay...We Can Go There 26 Aug 2013 | 10:40 am
Remember in English class when the teacher made you dissect a poem or story, teasing it apart word by word, digging deeply into the piece to truly understand where the author was coming from? As a yo...
Book Trailer for Tidewater Murder - Grabs You! 11 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
This trailer went around the world in its creation, but thanks to a fantastic editor at Bell Bridge Books, all that creativity merged into this . . . and I love it. See if it grabs you and drags you i...
Living in Fear (Includes Podcast) 31 Jul 2013 | 11:42 pm
(NOTE: Welcome to my first attempt at podcasting alongside a blog post. The message is the same. Listen or read. Your choice. Since I cannot meet all of you, I wanted to connect in a more human manner...
One Day I'll Write This Story 25 Jul 2013 | 11:55 pm
(NOTE: "I used Grammarly to grammar check this post because my right brain can't communicate with my left brain when I'm writing magic. Give it a test drive.) I got my hair cut today. My hairdresser....
Chills 23 Jul 2013 | 10:51 pm
If I asked you which author gave you chills, I bet you could rattle the name off without thinking. Mine is Pat Conroy. Second Jodi Picoult. Third Lisa Gardner. And I'm always open to some new name tha...
Why Do You Read? (Sequel to Why Do You Write?) 21 Jul 2013 | 09:10 pm
Not all of us write, but all of us read. Or should read. (Hands over my ears, singing NA-NA-NA-NA if you tell me you don't have time to read.) Just a quick side rant on why you SHOULD read, and read ...
Why Do You Write? 16 Jul 2013 | 08:00 pm
If you want to hear a lot of cliches, ask a room full of writers why they write. For being people of words, they sure don't use too many original ones when they respond. "I can't NOT do it." "Writing...
In the Beginning... 6 Jul 2013 | 02:50 am
Hi Hope, I'd be interested in hearing about before you were published and any challenges or failures you may have encountered at that point of your writing journey. Like-- how did you navigate those ...
Make Yourself Good 21 Jun 2013 | 09:54 pm
In order to even learn how to play his instrument, it takes the guitarist weeks to build calluses on his fingertips; it takes the saxophonist months to strengthen her lip so that she might play her in...
The Cart Before the Horse - Getting it Wrong 17 Jun 2013 | 10:41 pm
It's difficult being a writer. It's more difficult becoming one. All too often we consider ourselves writers before we become writers. You write until you become a writer. You don't practice medicin...
