Tasha and I met maybe a year ago when she filled out a contact form on my website, and then we connected on Twitter. We’re members of www.shewrites.com and have both worked with She Writes Press in some
Continue readingToday, I have the great pleasure of welcoming award-winning romance author, Katy Regnery, to Creating the Write Reality. Here is a small sample of her work: Welcome, Katy! Hopefully, you don’t
Continue readingLast summer for the rewrites of TRINITY STONES, it was my critique partner, Joanie, and I who holed up in the Sofitel in Washington, D.C. for our ‘Rip ‘n Repair' weekend. Unfortunately, Joanie
Continue readingLast week, when my She Writes Press writer pal, Cindy Eastman, asked me to participate in this blog hop, I was thrilled. Meet Cindy… I met Cindy Eastman through my publisher, She Writes Press. Knowing
Continue readingYou’ve received criticism on your novel. Now what? But, hopefully, you’ll never see this on your manuscript! So you’ve engaged beta readers, a critique partner or group, an editor, or someone else
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Me with part of the LG OCONNOR “Village” – Lesley, Marilyn, and Pat It takes a village. And I’m not talking about raising a child. I’m talking about giving birth to your novel. Not
Continue readingPersonally, I think the dog yawning in the background doesn't bode well. Just sayin'! Back to my questions. Ask almost any writer what they thought of Fifty Shades of Grey and let the games begin. The
Continue readingMICHAEL I’ll admit it, I love my characters. When I first started writing, I couldn’t understand what other writers meant when they said that their characters spoke to them, creating an incessant
Continue readingOr hit ‘Publish’ on Amazon if you’re self-pubbing! The first thing that comes to mind when I see first time writers, such as myself, post something in one of my writing communities to the effect
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A couple of months ago, my maiden blog post asked the question: “Are #1 New York Times Bestselling authors teaching new writers bad habits?” The reason is because many new writers are fighting an increasingly
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