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The Essential Scene List
Sometimes writing a novel isn’t so much about deep character or tight plot, but about something far more mundane: like keeping track of...
Jan 24, 2011
The Big Dream
What is your writing dream? Is to finally break into publishing, to see your novel on the bookstore shelf and to enter into the elite...
Jan 18, 2011
Plotting: A Stubborn Grace
OK, we’re talking plot again. Let’s say you’re telling your story to a group around a campfire. Are they hugging their knees in fear and...
Jan 10, 2011
Know Your Genre
We don’t like to think of categories for our writing. We write from the heart, giving our perspective of the world and the human heart....
Jan 3, 2011
My Top 5 Reads of 2010 and their Engines
I failed miserably this year to keep up with all the good fiction reads coming out. I was distracted by research reading, my son’s...
Dec 27, 2010
Kay’s Report Card, 2010
Dear Sumo Cat, Your housekeeper has been doing well and growing in the school of fiction. She is a delight to work with and most of her...
Dec 20, 2010
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