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Am I Flawed, Unique, or Just Plain Odd?

I have been interviewing, The Short Story Group, and Angela Kelman, from the group, will be interviewing me. 🙂 One of the questions on the interview is, ‘How many books, do you have out?’ I have four, but two of them are going through revisions. Anyway, I went to see if, The Good Dr. Grant, …

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Judging A Book By Its Cover Part 4 It’s All About The Blurb

I was reading a blog post (Ugh! Can’t remember who’s) But they were saying, “Give me more! Don’t be afraid to add more to your blurb or include a snippet from the book. If you want me to read it, entice and intrigue me.” Some books and movies have those famous one lines that as …

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Judging A Book By Its Cover Part 3 Does your cover reflect you?

Personally, I think a cover should not only reflect what the book is about, but also give the reader a glimpse of the writer. No matter how different your cover is, it, like your writing style, it should be “you” Whether it’s your logo or author picture on the back, there should be something that …

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Originally posted on Honest Indie Book Reviews:
Let me begin by saying that writing a novel is a terrific achievement. I know, having written one ~ and only one. My hat is off to anyone who can complete a novel. That said, here is my honest opinion of The Good Dr. Grant by Karen Einsel,…

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How does it end? Or, Feeling Frustrated!

Okay so I know how it’s supposed to end, but how? I know who’s supposed to get the girl, but how? Okay, I know how he gets the girl, BUT HOW does it end? This final chapter in my current book is driving me crazy! Add this, take out that, edit, rewrite, change, redo, UGH! …

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The Supporting Characters

I’ve been posting pictures and bios for my characters of my current W.I.P. “The Good Dr. Grant” And wanted to introduce my supporting Characters. Sandi won’t be in the book, but will be my cover girl and you can read more about her here http://differentcornersinmylife.blogspot.com/2012/02/meet-sandi.html And I will be doing a post on “Peanut” AKA Slick …

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Hero and Heroine Personalities/ Help me choose!

I really thought I knew! But am now pulling my hair out trying to decide who Amy should end up with. I haven’t written the ending yet, but do have a couple of different scenarios floating around in my head. So I am asking…Help me out! Vote on both polls and let’s see what we …

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Who Would You Choose?

No matter which one she chooses, Amy will find a way to bring out the passion in all three. But who should she end up with?

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Personalities of Heroes and Heroines continued

My last post shared a little about one of the heroes in my WIP “The Good Dr. Grant” Just basically how I picture him. Now here’s a couple of pics I found on the web as to how I picture the heroine. Let me tell you a little about her first… “Amy” is fun and …

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Personalities of Heroes and Heroines

When you sit down to write a new story, How do you choose what your character’s personalities and physical descriptions will be? What inspires you to make them look like this, or sound like that? Do you draw on people you know, celebrities, or personal traits? I am working on a new novel titled “The …

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