Monthly Archives: November 2013

Creating Dynamic Heroes: The 28/40 Method

I was at dinner last week with a couple of writer friends, and one of them jogged my memory about something I’d said a long while back. Such a long while back, in fact, I can’t recall if it was … Continue reading

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What’s Your Core Story? A Guest Post by Megan Mulry

Recently, Megan Mulry was Tweeting about core story, and I was intrigued. And frightened! But mostly intrigued. I’d circled around this concept of every author writing versions of the same book again and again — in a good way, as a sort of … Continue reading

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You Don’t Have To Like It

I can go a long time without doing it. There are a lot of weeks — months, even — when I don’t care at all what strangers are saying about my books on the Internet. But when I do care, and I … Continue reading

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