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A J Hartley

Act of Will

Anthology

Rum and Runestones w/stuart

David B Coe

Dark Eyes

Faith Hunter

Blood Cross

Misty Massey

Mad Kestrel

Writing THE END. Be BOLD!

I’ve been working with some writers who have become friends. It’s really cool to have writers in my life: people who know the business and have been publishing books for years, people who are just getting into the professional side of the business, people who hope to get there some day. They all enrich my [...]

How Can I get Published? Right Now! (Confessions of the Unkind)

I’ve worked with a number of writers over the years, and all have been desperately eager to get into print, and the younger they were, the more desperate they were. The very youngest believed they were ready—“right now, right this minute”—to be published. Hearing that they were not ready, or that their writing needed a [...]

The Writer's Life -- Schizoid

I’m having one of those days. You know, when you’ve worked the graveyard shift, commuted home, gotten in, and it’s nearly 8 a.m. and … it’s blog day! And every single blog idea, all three, formerly residing in your head, are gone. Oh, wait. That’s just me.

So, I’m going to run on a bit about [...]

Writing Series for Immediacy: Life-Arcs and Props

I was thinking last night, lying in bed, waiting for sleep to claim me, about continuing items, events, relationships, and things (props) in series as a part of world-building. I’m not talking about the overreaching plot arcs: the serial killer who taunts the hero for multiple books until the hero finally tracks him down, or [...]

Show, Don’t Tell — Conveying Emotion

We’ve been asked here at MW to share our tips on how we convey emotion with telling the reader what the character is feeling in the scene.
Examples of telling:
She was sad.
Her heart broke at his words.
His depression worsened.
John’s rage increased.

The way a lot of new writers (and published writers who get lazy) handle emotion is [...]

Writers Conferences: The Spell Called Networking

As I start this on Monday, I am tired, having foot pain (pretty sure now that it’s been broken for a week) and back spasms, going on three nights of poor sleep, no exercise, and fried foods. Yet, I am so excited that I feel like electric joy is running through me. Even though I [...]