Monday musing

Welcome to autumn!

The beginning of fall always feels like a time for starting projects anew, to get serious about accomplishing things again.  The lazy summer is over. Vacation is finished. No more languid days watching the world pass by. It’s time to get back to work, get serious again. Time to complete […]

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Monday musing

To create the perfect book

It’s been said that no artist is ever satisfied with their work. And I think that’s just as true for writers. I know that, once they’re out there in front readers, there is always something that I wish I had done differently with every one of my books. For my […]

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Monday musing

Writing means rewriting

By DelSheree Gladden Writing and rewriting go hand in hand. Over the years, rewriting takes up less time, for most writers anyway. When first starting out, though, rewriting scenes, characters, or whole books will eat up a big chunk of most writers’ time. My first serious attempt at writing a […]

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Monday musing

An author withdraws

Bestselling member M.L. Doyle explains what of today’s circumstances have convinced her to put down her pen. I will not be writing fiction or much of anything else for the foreseeable future.  I know withdrawing from writing fiction at this time won’t make much of a difference in the scheme […]

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Monday musing

Boys of summers in the before time

Sample this excerpt from the baseball romance For Everly By Raine Thomas Cole looked back at Wyatt. “I don’t think it’s a great idea to receive treatment by a student, Wy, genius or not. What if she screws up my arm even worse than it is?” “Then you’ll get treated by […]

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Monday musing , Uncategorized

How adversity can help your writing career

Monday musings on the life of a bestselling author By Raine Thomas I self-published my first books back in 2011 in what some might say was the height of indie authorship. It was an incredibly exciting time! I’ll never forget the experience of working with a cover designer for the first […]

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Monday musing

How do they do that?

Monday musings on the writing process Every writer gets this question at some point: “Where do you get your ideas?” Running a close second has to be “How do you get from the idea to a finished book?” To satisfy our readers’ curiosity, we’re starting a new Monday Musings series […]

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Thursday teaser

A Constantinopolitan wedding

A Thursday throwback teaser from The Bones of the Earth By Scott Bury This week’s teaser is from the novel set in the late sixth century CE, in the capital of the Roman Empire. Javor wandered around the wedding hall, looking at the mosaics on the walls, nibbling on cakes and […]

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Monday musing

Boys of summers in the before time

Sample this excerpt from the baseball romance For Everly By Raine Thomas Cole looked back at Wyatt. “I don’t think it’s a great idea to receive treatment by a student, Wy, genius or not. What if she screws up my arm even worse than it is?” “Then you’ll get treated by […]

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Monday musing

Summer time, and the reading is easy

Monday musings By Scott Bury The season is here. The big parties that traditionally open the season have happened, despite all advice to the contrary. Weekend visits to the cottage or beach have turned into weeks-long vacations and road trips. And that means that summer reading season has started, as […]

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