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New member looking for authors who write urban fantasy and the fantasy genre
Hi, Susan! Welcome to Savvy Authors. I've been a member since they threw the virtual doors pen 15 years ago, but I'm also one of the workshop presenters AND I write urban fantasy PI mystery comedy as J.B. Dane with my Raven Tales series. I'm always open to tossing urban fantasy ideas around...- Beth Daniels
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Craft Putting a Different Spin on Your Descriptions with Beth Daniels!
Do you find yourself falling back on descriptions in your novel, novella, or short stories that have gotten hung up on a cliché? It’s so easy to happen. Heck, we use clichés when talking to friends, relatives, co-workers, or casually met people, so it’s nearly habit that finds them keyed into a...- Beth Daniels
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Craft Why Aren’t You Writing Action-Adventure? with Beth Daniels
According to the Gitnux report of September 8th, 2023 (https://blog.gitnux.com/book-sales-by-genre-statistics/), the most popular fiction genre books, based on sales, land in the mystery, thriller and crime niches. Grouped together, they account for 32% of all fiction sales, followed closely by...- Beth Daniels
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Craft The Caper’s The Thing! with Beth Daniels
There are a heck of a lot of niches in the mystery genre that writers gravitate to, but there is one that is frequently overlooked: The Caper! That doesn’t mean it isn’t a popular theme—you know, stealing things. It’s merely that the person “stealing things” isn’t often the main character. And...- Beth Daniels
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Writing Life Why Don’t I Get FIVE Star Reviews? with Beth Daniels
Not long ago at the meeting of my local critique group, one of the members whined about yet another 3* review. We all sympathized with her, then she looked across the table at me and moaned, “Yeah, but you get 5* reviews!” Ever feel that way yourself? Then this workshop is for YOU! I don’t, by...- Beth Daniels
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Do you actually want to read a novel in first person?
Hi, TM! I agree with pjune that the omniscient POV has been out of favor for quite a while. I do write in both 3rd person and 1st person, but it depends on the genre niche I'm writing in. It also depends on what that niche "specializes" in when it comes to POV. At this point and time, when it...- Beth Daniels
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Genre-Mystery-Crime Writing Historical Mystery with Beth Daniels
Those of us who loved history class…maybe even, like me, snapped up a college degree in history, planned all vacations around museums, castles (ruins and not ruins), ancient sites (Stonehenge, vanished pre-European period native American cultures), ghost towns, tours of historic homes, or...- Beth Daniels
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Craft NANO Prep for Pantsers with Beth Daniels
So often the Prep Talks involving preparing for National Novel Writing Month (aka November to the rest of the world) insist that outlines and beat sheets are the only way to go whether you’re pounding out the 1667 words a day for NANO or simply getting ready to spin a story. None of those...- Beth Daniels
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What Classes Are You Interested In Seeing?
Hi, Alex! I just got a message from someone who had been signed up for the Cozy Mystery workshop originally scheduled to start on September 9th. I told her that I hadn't heard that workshops would be running yet in September but that you were all going to attempt October to throw the virtual...- Beth Daniels
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AMA: Hello!
I definitely miss hanging out with all the writers who've been part of my workshops at Savvy Authors. Count me among those who would be very glad to have it back. Beth Daniels, aka Beth Henderson, J.B. Dane, Nied Darnell- Beth Daniels
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Stop the presses! There might be a buyer for Savvy!!!
Fingers crossed!- Beth Daniels
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