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Margie’s Rule #12: Power Punch Your 15 Minutes!

Margie Lawson Surprise! Today’s blog is on wrangling time, not words. But don’t stop reading! I added examples from an ARC of THE DIRT ON NINTH GRAVE, by NYT Bestseller, and Immersion-Grad, Darynda Jones. I bet you’ll agree, the examples are super-stellar! I promise to keep the wrangling time part of the blog short. You’ll […]

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How to Write With Your Right Brain

Margie Lawson and Darynda Jones Darynda Jones’ writing is so fun, so fresh, you might think she doesn’t use much of her right brain logic. But she does. Read on, and you’ll learn why and how her right brain rockets her to best seller success. From Darynda Jones: So, yeah, I get teased. Even today, […]

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Writing to Sell

by Darynda Jones Have you ever sat and listened to a panel of editors and agents go over their wish lists, the manuscripts they’d most like to see at that moment? And have you ever thought to yourself, “Hmmm, a space opera about a zombie captain who is commissioned to take an elemental princess across […]

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Ax Your Cliches: Why and How

We couldn't talk WriterStrong without our Yoda of Edits and sparkling prose, Margie Lawson. Be prepared for great takeaway as Margie not only tells you, but shows you how it's done!  Here she is: A big THANK YOU to Laura Drake for inviting me to be her guest today. Everything I teach is all about […]

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