Common Writing Issues

I strongly advise authors to seek the assistance of professional editors for their book babies. But I also understand when authors go it alone due to budgetary constraints. That is why I like to utilize my platform, my newsletter, to help other autho...

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Apr 01, 2025
What authors should know about editing...

Let me shout this one from the rooftops: Authors need good editors. More importantly, authors who ARE also editors need good editors.I am an author. I am an editor and an awesome one, if I do say so myself. But...Editing my own manuscript is a big NO...

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Mar 28, 2025
SO you think your manuscript is ready?

Last time I imparted some advice I'd gleaned from literary agents and publishing editors from several writers' conferences I've attended over the last couple of years. Today we're going to go over some common writing mistakes that you will want to fi...

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Mar 25, 2025
The Ultimate Author Question

Thanks to several writers conferences where I had the fortune and pleasure to meet literary agents and publishing house editors, I gleaned some helpful advice for how authors can determine if they are truly ready to move forward with their book baby:...

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Mar 21, 2025
Vampires without the glitter!

Vampire romances have been a favorite of mine since Bram Stoker's Dracula. My only "meh" read was (no hate mail please) the Twilight series. Edward Cullen is my least favorite vamp. Sorry. Not Sorry. But the series kicked off a hurricane of new books...

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Mar 18, 2025
Boy meets Girl...

When I first starting writing romance, I generally thought of the three act structure as follows:Act 1 - Boy meets girl (the meet-cute)Act 2 - Boy does something stupid to love the girl (or vice versa)Act 3 - Boy gets girl back (HEA)What I quickly le...

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Mar 14, 2025
More of the 4-1-1

According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, the 411 means...Pre-Internet, there were only a few ways to find out someone's telephone number: asking the person or an acquaintance for it, looking it up in a phone book, dialing 0 to speak with an operato...

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Feb 27, 2025
The 4-1-1 on the Amazon USB thing and more...

Back in the "before times" as one of my favorite social media accounts to follow (The Dadbod Veteran) says, we had this function on our phones (you know, the landline dinosaurs no one has anymore) where if we needed information (i.e., the phone numbe...

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Feb 25, 2025
Romance 911 (Part 2)

"We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life..." ~ PrinceLife sure can surprise you. And I'm no exception. I thought I was going one direction and then... WHAM! BAM! I'm on another road in the middle of nowhere, the area looks a...

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Feb 18, 2025