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Stay In Touch -The Writing Connection By Becky Martinez

These days, when a good many of us are self-isolating, we might find that while we are pleased to get some free time to write and work on our stories and books, the process can become somewhat of a grind. We aren’t necessarily choosing to close ourselves off and write, for once, we are almost …

Keeping up with the Times: Prose Styles By Beth Daniels, aka Beth Henderson, J.B. Dane and Nied Darnell

My 2020 Resolutions list isn’t a list at all, you see. It’s a filled calendar for the new year. And barring any new disasters, this year I’ll accomplish more that’s on that calendar than I managed last year. This year, at least, I’m forewarned about things that will arrive from the publisher for my attention.

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Cures for the Quarantined Muse by Deborah Riley-Magnus

By nature, we writers live in the world of “What If?” What if there was a planet made of only water? Or rubber? Or fire? What if our main character lived in a cave? Had green skin? Walked on all fours? What if the world was dropped into a horrible pandemic and we had to …

The Writer’s Voice By Romy Sommer

A few years ago, the editors at Harlequin posted a list of the top 10 reasons why they reject manuscripts. In second place they listed lack of a distinct voice. Of all the items on the list, that’s the most difficult issue in a novel to identify or to fix. Editing can fill plot holes, …