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Mar 22, 2014
Twenty feet from being Stephen King
Today’s offering is a guest post from Louise Marley, an award-winning author of historical fiction as well as science fiction and...
Feb 17, 2014
Best little writing conference around
You gotta love it. Write on the River in Wenatchee. Join us in wine country May 16-18 for sunshine, workshops, exciting teachers, and the...
Feb 7, 2014
On the road
I’ll be getting around a bit in the next several weeks. Love to see some of you at these events: (I realize I live in the upper left hand...
Jan 26, 2014
Tori Harding: A Victorian Heroine
While writers strive for a dramatic plot, stories are always about people and their relationships to each other. Here’s a character...
Jan 18, 2014
Good books lately
I’ve curled up with some lovely reads lately. Here’s a list of my recommended reads, ranging from fantasy to mystery, thriller and...
Jan 13, 2014
What are you talking about?
Theme is a loaded word. In fiction, it aroused the suspicion that we’re preaching about something. Can’t we just give the story a...
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