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A Prologue Hater’s Guide to Prologues
TL;DR: Prologues are like garlic. Use them right, and they elevate the whole dish. Use too much or use it wrong… and the vampires aren’t the only ones running away.… Read more
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Correcting Contrived Plots/Scenes
It’s that time of year again and I’m judging for the Kiss of Death Daphne du Maurier Awards for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense. I get to read unpublished works and published… Read more
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Character Development…it’s not that hard, really.
If you’ve ever received feedback that the reader doesn’t understand the character’s motivation, or that they’ve done something that doesn’t seem plausible…you need to work on your character development. Feedback… Read more
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Story Magic Cards
We call them loosely curated chaos but they are our absolute passion! Use them to create a story or just practice a particular skill. Use it for a writing prompt.… Read more
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Point-Of-View Matters, Here’s why…
by Tobi Doyle Sheila and I are hosting a writing retreat in a couple of weeks and I’ve been reading through the submitted works. The point of the writing retreat… Read more
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Flawed Heroes & Villains – Nice vrs. Kind
Sheila has just finished her most recent book and I was lucky enough to beta read it, and I’ve fallen in love with her main character. Jimmy Deel is not… Read more
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Tobi talks critiquing…
This is our first-ever blog post and I wanted to talk about critiquing and honesty. Why so few blog posts? Well, we’re writing books and it takes a lot of… Read more
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