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The Joys of Trilogies and Book Series
If you’re a dedicated reader, you undoubtedly know the little rush of pleasure when you find a good book that you can’t put down and then discover it is part of a series, promising a succession of similar experiences awaiting you in the near future. It hit me first when I was 15 and came…
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A Book Without a Home
Yeah, well, we’ve all done it. Acted first, thought later. The impulse buy. Opening your mouth at the wrong time. The kiss that went too far. Act in haste, repent in leisure, a proverb as old as language itself. A lot can be understood – if not forgiven – in the heat of the moment,…
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Bad Endings
The nightmare in the bright, gleaming morning light. You’ve been slaving away for months at that new and exciting novel, The Unpainted Corner, thrilling at each successive chapter, glorying at the maturation and development of the characters, the stirring pace of the plot, the power of the prose beckoning the reader forward like a literary…
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Genre
I’ve sometimes had questions – OK, challenges – about the eclectic nature of my novels. I mean, most authors choose their genre and stick to it, grinding out multiple variations of their first success and sticking with what they know they can do well. Me? I’ve got a couple of high fantasy trilogies consisting of…
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Journals
So, any of you folk keep journals? Secret diary with a lock-and-key hidden under your mattress containing your darkest thoughts and wildest dreams. Or a computer file that you can hammer away at with any random thoughts that come to mind? In my carefree youth – like when I was 58 – I used to…
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Publishing
OK, time to make some money at this writing gig. You’ve been at it for years, and you’ve gotten pretty good, so you need to find a way to get this computer to spew out dollar bills; just got to figure out the right sequence of keys to tap. I’ve been down this path with…