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    Ask the Editor: I’ve written a book, how do I get it published?

    ByDebra 27 June, 201726 June, 2017

    I question I get at least once or twice a month by email is “I’ve written book, how do I get it published?” or similar variations. It’s a question I covered on my Facebook page live “Ask the Editor.” For those of you who don’t follow my FB page, I thought I’d offer it here….

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  • Writing Skills

    Backstory in Your Novel: Getting It Right

    ByDebra 19 June, 2017

    Two mistakes writers make when it comes to backstory are: Putting it in chapter one Using too much at a time What is backstory? Tim Tomlinson, in The Portable MFA in Creative Writing, tells us backstory is:

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    Show don’t tell: Dissecting what it looks like

    ByDebra 13 June, 201713 June, 2017

    Show don’t tell. Does this piece of advice kink you up in knots? Writers hear it all the time from various angles—other writers, editors, and conference workshop instructors. When I first starting writing, I struggled with it, too. Too many of the blog posts I read only talked about it and never showed any examples….

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    What to do when your motivation takes a vacation

    ByDebra 5 June, 20175 June, 2017

    Sometimes it takes all the willpower I can muster to put my butt in the chair and write. By day I’m a freelance editor/writer and by night an editor for CrossRiver Media. I’m single and my children are grown, but I still have all the household chores to do. Work, eat, sleep. Work, eat, sleep….

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    Seek and Destroy Your Limiting Beliefs

    ByDebra 23 May, 201723 May, 2017

    My head’s abuzz with thoughts coming fast and furious. And all because of those little quizzes that pop up on Facebook. Then the next day I got an email from Bryan Hutchinson’s blog, Positive Writer, that prompted me to download and read his free ebooks Good Enough and The Writer’s Manifesto. Those things combined helped…

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  • Author Interviews

    Research and What Happens When You Get It Right

    ByDebra 19 May, 201717 May, 2017

    I’m pleased to have award-winning author Catherine Ulrich Brakefield here today. Her inspirational historical romance, Swept into Destiny, released this week. Swept is her fifth book and the first of the four-book Destiny series. Visit Catherine’s blog and learn more about her and view her books. Catherine, what or who inspired you to write this…

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    Hone your craft by writing magazine articles. Here are 7 options.

    ByDebra 9 May, 201731 July, 2018

    Let’s admit it, writing a book is hard work and takes time. It’s not something you can do in a day or two. But you can write the draft of a magazine article in a day, and then spend the next few days revising it. And one of the best ways to hone your skill…

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    Resources to help writers also be editors, designers, and marketers

    ByDebra 1 May, 201713 August, 2019

    In today’s publishing world, writers perform a wide variety of jobs. A local writer friend of mine discovered that for herself recently and related her frustration to me. It would be great if a writer could just write. Instead, we are called to be editors, graphic designers, marketing majors, and social networkers. ~ Stacey M. Navigating…

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