Tag Archives: reader investment
The Value of Violence
Last night I dreamt I went to went to Manderly again… Actually, I didn’t, but it’s a famous opener for a reason. It sounds a heck of a lot classier than: Last night, I dreamed I was running around with … Continue reading
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Running At An Artificial Pace
At the top of the email it reads, “To: Susan” These emails I get from Holly Lisle, I so often wish that I could find them and link you to them, because they’re so often very wise. And, of course … Continue reading
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Hush Money: 6 Months and 10,000 copies
I’m a real boy! As I begin this post, a few days before it will go live, days before Hush Money turns six months old, I’m still looking at the number on my spreadsheet. Marveling at it. Recording the numbers … Continue reading
#ROW80 and Thoughts on Blogging
So life here is slowly returning to what passes for normal. Last week wasn’t terribly productive as I had a lot of catching up to do in a lot of areas and needed a lot of staring dumbly at the … Continue reading
…Nor Do I Play One On TV
…but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. Today I want to talk about expert knowledge. This take on the “write what you know” trope is inspired by a recent post from Larry Brooks, whose brain you … Continue reading
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Beware Groundhog Day
Probably the thing I loved most about this movie was just getting a new term for the same ol’-same ol’ phenomenon. My husband walks in. I say, “Hey, sweetie, how was your day?” The movie gives him another option to … Continue reading
Why the Talents Have Potty Mouths
Now, obviously, the simplest answer to that is: because I do. As you know, I’m back from a weekend up home, having seen some peeps I went to school with, and have been talking to people who use “f**kin’…” the … Continue reading
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Konrath’s Cross-Pollination: What do you think?
This post is eventually going to be about character cameos, guest-appearances, and working with other authors on the same book. It’s inspired by this post on Joe Konrath’s blog. Readers, I would love to hear what you think of these … Continue reading
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Love and Romance: Do You Believe in Magic?
Before I get onto this, a few things: Hush Money is featured today at Indie Books Blog It’s doing really well. It broke into the Kindle top 1000 early last week and though it’s fallen out a few times, it’s … Continue reading
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Setups, Flawed Characters, Ginger or Maryann?
Last night I finally got my files uploaded for the print version. They’ve been reviewed, and I had a problem with my title page, so I have to get that fixed this morning, and then upload the interior file again. … Continue reading
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