I’m going to post a little less for a while so I can write a lot more on my book.  I’ve decided (for the 50th time) to finish Maxie’s book.  I like her and I like her story and I owe it to myself to finish her book so I can go on to the [...]

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Here is something worth listening to if you hope to be a writer.  (It’s not bad advice if you’re already a writer.) Isn’t he great? He’s not full of himself, he’s genuinely talking about how to find your way as a writer. It’s not necessarily what you want to hear. You might think a writing [...]

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I’m taking Maxie to the writers conference.  Everyone I talk to says “Cool.  Take her.”  That’s fine for them to say.  They don’t have an out-of-control character in their book.  I call her book Maxie’s Book 1: Malibu Murder.”  It’s just the first.  If we don’t clash heads too often, there will be more.  I’m [...]

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A large number of published writers are exposing the secrets of the trade to anyone who wants to read it.  Astounding, isn’t it?  Check out Poe’s Deadly Daughters.  Here, day after day, the bloggers not only promote their books, but give advice to budding authors.  This is free. Why do they do this?  Because they [...]

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