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NaNoWriMo Boot Camp Day 2: Plotting

Got a plot? If you’ve completed the exercises from Day 1 of NaNo boot camp (and you may not have because some of them are multi-day projects – don’t stress it) then you know how you write. Step two for planning a successful NaNoWriMo is finding a plot. NaNoWriMo attracts…

The Secret Handshake Of Publishing (a reprint)

Originally Posted On 10/15/14 Since the invention of the printing press there’s been a rumor that you need to know some secret to get your book published. There’s always this idea that it’s who you know, or that some magical phrase in your query letter will get your book a…

Editing

“Editing can’t be that hard,” said a well-meaning friend as I politely declined an invite to a weekend camping trip. I couldn’t go, I needed to finish the edits for DECOHERENCE. And editing isn’t easy. See all that red? That’s the opening chapters of DECOHERENCE during the first round of…

The Strange Emptiness of Success

You wouldn’t think there was a sadness attached to success. There should be elation. Perhaps celebration. There should be parades, and trumpets, joy! But as I clean my desk tonight and tuck away the notes and scraps and post-is associated with DECOHERENCE I realize I’m burying the corpse of Jane…

WHEN FIRST THEY PRACTICE TO DECEIVE – cover reveal and guest post by Carolyn LaRoche

I’d like to thank Liana for inviting me to visit her blog today. I am very excited about my upcoming new release from Limitless Publishing, When First They Practice to Deceive. This is the third book in the Secret Lives series and I am absolutely in love with this cover!…

Not All Books Are For Children

The YA/Adult reading line has a tendency to elicit the same kind of violent opinion as the Vietnam War (excuse me – police action – right?). On one had you have the people who question why adults want to read (or write) about teenagers. I’m on the other side of…

The Unexpected Book Deal

This is the post I never thought I’d get to write. Back in July I spent five hours skyping my crit partner in Australia and sobbing about how this book was dead. The very last agent had it and I was sure a rejection was imminent. Me weird, strange,…