Tag: character
group name: crimewritinghole
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January 10, 2008 12:28 PM EST --
Nope. Sorry. Can't do it.
Although I know that to get published in today's market you need to start with a character who wants something desperately, I've never been able to do . . .
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October 25, 2007 08:46 PM EDT --
1.) I like to. Duh. Why would I write if I didn't enjoy it? It would defeat the purpose.
2.) To expose my soul to an otherwise apathetic world. If you talk about your opinions, nobody . . .
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March 13, 2008 11:33 PM EDT --
I came across David L. Robbins's article, Advice To Aspiring Writers early in my writing career while I was working on my first novel. At the time, I didn't know if my writing was marketable . . .
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April 12, 2008 08:43 PM EDT --
Note to those who clicked on the tile expecting exercises for you to do: You can do these exercises too! These are the writing excerpts I did with them. Exercise One, take your character through their . . .
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December 09, 2007 10:32 AM EST --
Interviewed by Gather member Kim Smith on August 6, 2007
Article four from my 2007 virtual book tour.
KS: Now that Sam Harper of SILENCED CRY . . .
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December 29, 2007 01:58 PM EST --
I'm particularly interested in hearing from authors, editors, reviewers, publishers, agents etc., in Gathers on this one. Some time ago I read comments written by Patricia Cornwell's . . .
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October 08, 2007 11:04 AM EDT --
Mr. Henderson. Ah, that name provokes disturbing and ear-splitting memories. Well-known for swearing at little kids and kicking old ladies, Mr. Henderson is himself a senior citizen living on the outskirts . . .
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April 30, 2008 12:43 PM EDT --
Okay, I'm going to age myself, but I grew up during the pre cable days of television. Unless you were lucky to have a small privately own television station in your state like we did here in Indiana, . . .
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October 08, 2007 11:58 AM EDT --
she made you feel like a failure like a loser like a freak like the outcast like you were the odd one out and she made your life miserable
because you spent it trying to make her like you when you knew . . .
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December 18, 2007 12:52 PM EST --
Okay everyone, now I can breathe a sigh of relief. The second book in my Sam Harper Crime Mystery series is now, as of a few hours ago, in the capable hands of my publisher. Yippee! My photographer . . .
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January 20, 2008 06:48 AM EST --
This is the third in a set of six articles based on the things I learned during my first year as a published author. The articles will outline a few of the things authors should consider in order to . . .
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February 11, 2008 11:27 AM EST --
This is the final article and this series of pieces based on the things I learned during my first year as a published author. The articles will outline a few of the things authors should consider . . .
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April 08, 2008 08:11 AM EDT --
For those of you familiar with the author group blog, MURDER BY 4 , I posted our first newsletter last night. If you have time and are so inclineded, please stop by at MURDER BY 4 NEWS to find . . .
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January 13, 2008 09:40 AM EST --
© Marta Stephens 2008 all rights reserved
This is the second in a set of six articles based on the things I learned during my first year as a published author. The articles . . .
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December 19, 2007 08:10 AM EST --
V irtual book tour article featured on Killer Hobbies blog on Sunday, August 12, 2007 By Marta Stephens
Embarking on my first virtual book tour has taken time and a bit of work to come up . . .
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April 26, 2008 03:00 PM EDT --
I'm often asked how or what I do when I begin to write a new book. As some know, the first three books in my Sam Harper Crime Mystery series began life as novellas. I'll admit, during my early . . .
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January 03, 2008 09:25 PM EST --
Casie Schwartz walked down the hall to the interrogation room. Her heart was beating fast, and she willed it to stop. She shut her eyes for a moment, shutting out the harsh fluorescent light. . . .
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May 02, 2008 08:19 AM EDT --
Article on MURDER BY 4 by Liz Zelvin
"Does anybody-or everybody-remember Mary Renault's wonderful novels set in ancient Greece? One of them, THE PRAISE SINGER (1979), is about the poet . . .
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January 27, 2008 11:07 AM EST --
This is the fourth in a set of six articles based on the things I learned during my first year as a published author. The articles will outline a few of the things authors should consider in order . . .
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January 29, 2008 08:27 AM EST --
January 29, 2008 The Liar's Diary Blog Day
I've never met Patry Francis -- I hope to someday. But as a woman, a wife, a mother, and author, her couragous story touched me instantly. . . .
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