That’s right! You read that correctly. Misfortune of Vision, the novel whose journey you’ve all been following since Part I – The Beginning back in July 2016, has now been accepted by my publisher! I’m just waiting on the contract now. .…
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Genesis of a Novel – Part XIV – Acceptance!
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Genesis of a Novel – Part XIII – Submission!
Yes, yes, I have finally gotten to where I am reasonably happy with the edits, and I’m submitting my novel to my publisher for consideration. . Since I’ve a standing relationship with my publisher, it is much easier for me…
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The Enchanted Swans is LIVE!
Release Day! The Enchanted Swans is live! GO get your copy for 99 cents now! The price goes up on March 12th. ***** The March Newsletter Giveaway is still going strong – enter for your chance to win! Enter the March…
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Genesis of a Novel – PartXI – Beta Readers
So, you’ve finished your first draft. Congratulations! That’s an incredible hurdle! So many would-be authors never finish their first draft of their first novel. It deserves celebration, kudos, and a nice big drink of the alcoholic persuasion. . Now comes…
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Genesis of a Novel – Part X – More Procrastination and First Draft Finished!
OK, so I procrastinated some more. It happens. . There sometimes comes a point in your draft that you have many more interesting things to do. This seems to come to me about 2/3 through a draft. It just happened…
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How to Start Your Story to Hook Your Readers – The Fictorians
Source: How to Start Your Story to Hook Your Readers – The Fictorians
I have a brand new newsletter!
Not that I had an old newsletter, of course. So the ‘brand new’ nomiker is a bit misleading. However, if you would like to be kept apprised of news, excerpts, announcements, character profiles, events, and whatever other stuff I feel…
M Pepper Langlinais: A Conversation About Writing and Literary Fiction – Jay Lemming, Author
Jay Lemming continues his interview series with authors of literary fiction. M. Pepper Langlinais is the author of The Fall and Rise of Peter Stoller. Source: M Pepper Langlinais: A Conversation About Writing and Literary Fiction – Jay Lemming, Author
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Genesis of a Novel – Part IX – Procrastination and NaNoWriMo
Procrastination is such a wonderful thing. How else would author houses ever get cleaned? . Many times I’ve been facing a project that seemed too big, too difficult, too annoying, too boring, and ended up with a clean house, mowed…
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The Enchanted Swans – new novel now On Contract!
HAPPY NEWS! The Enchanted Swans is now ON CONTRACT!!! WOOHOO!!!!! . The Enchanted Swans is a novelization of the beloved Irish Fairy Tale, The Children of Lir. . In pre-Celtic Ireland, Fionnuala was a fairy princess, born to a life…
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