Category Archives: Writing

Guest post from Leigh Lane

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

I’m so happy to have Leigh Lane here with me today… as she talks “Why Poe?” Why Poe? byLeigh M. Lane Edgar Allan Poe is to Gothic romance/horror what Stephen King is to the supernatural thriller.  I very affectionately refer … Continue reading →

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The mystery of suspense

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

I think they work together… Suspense and mystery. We try to find out who did what to whom and why, but within that, we need a swirl of possibilities and events to make that final scene all come together. Building … Continue reading →

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A couple writing articles

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

I found two very cool links… writing advice from Steinbeck and Orwell… http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/03/6-writing-tips-from-john-steinbeck/254351/ http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/george-orwells-5-rules-for-effective-writing/

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A win for the indies

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

I’m not one to get in the mix of controversy… but in the past month, there has been a huge uproar about the changes that PayPal had made to their TOS.  Primarily, it dealt with certain subjects that were often … Continue reading →

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We’re coming back…

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

So, I’ve been having fun on my other blog… creating days like Chocolate Milk Tuesday and Pink Floyd Wednesday, but I still want to talk about writing… I have to because I’m a writer. And over there, things get a … Continue reading →

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2012… in our sights

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

I welcome it.  What about you? What am I looking forward to? Last year, when the ball dropped and my Dad and I were slightly drunk, doing our best not to laugh at poor Dick Clark (come on, why do … Continue reading →

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Stephen King, tacos, and running your own business.

Posted on December 9, 2011 by

The talk of self-publishing taking over.   *sigh*   *yawm*   I’m over it.  You should be too.  Anyone who spends more than thirty seconds reading this particular post or any post on why indie’s will take over or how … Continue reading →

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Back into horror we go

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

So I’ve been hard at work this past week getting my next horror book, The Floors, done.  Can’t say when it’ll be live to world, still has a long way to go, but writing it has been fun… and somewhat … Continue reading →

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eBook sales rise, duh. Paperback… not sure

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

I love paper.  I love paperback books.  I hold them.  I cuddle them.  I smell their pages… don’t lie, you do too. But the ebook format has swept in and is not going away.  With it comes a new rush … Continue reading →

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How I wrote 30,000 words in a single week

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Two weeks ago I wrote 30,000 words in a week.  As of this writing, I’m staring at 21,000 written words this week alone.  Last week, I went easy and wrote 13,000 words. Each time I post about it, people ask … Continue reading →

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