June 1st, 2012
Plot Fixer: Part 3 -- A Lack of Goals
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Blogging Guests | Craft | Kara Lennox | Miscellaneous
Writers In The Storm welcomes back Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo for some more plot-fixing magic. Kara is an award-winning, bestselling author of more than sixty novels of romance and romantic suspense for Harlequin and Random House. AND she’s a 2012 DOUBLE RITA Finalist!… Read the post
May 18th, 2012
Too Many Choices - A NYT Author Decides
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Blogging Guests | Bumps & Bruises on the Road to Publication | Miscellaneous
What a crazy, confusing and possibly wonderful world publishing is today. The traditional publishing world is under duress and their business model depends more and more on writers who are already selling a zillion books. While they may still be looking for the next big thing, just like in other mediums, the next big thing must hit quickly or it’s discarded.… Read the post
December 26th, 2011
The Most Important Writing Lesson I Ever Learned
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Bumps & Bruises on the Road to Publication | Inspiration
By Jenny Hansen
Based on the title of this post, you might think I’m going to talk about plotting or character arcs or 3-Act structure… That’s a big fat “Nope!” to all three. There’s a lesson that comes before all those things and it has taken me a long time to get it through my head.
… Read the postJuly 29th, 2011
Guest Post: Straight from Sue Grimshaw’s computer . . .
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Blogging Guests | Bumps & Bruises on the Road to Publication
This week’s Sensational Summer Friday guest post is from Sue Grimshaw!
Sue was the romance book buyer for Borders and Waldenbooks stores for more than a decade. As of April this year, Sue is Ballantine Bantam Dell’s Category Specialist & Editor At Large.… Read the post
June 8th, 2011
Writing for Two Publishers
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Blogging Guests | Bumps & Bruises on the Road to Publication
By Charlotte Carter
For a working author it’s often a good idea to write for two different publishers. In my case I write for Guideposts Books and Love Inspired Romance. That gives me an opportunity to write more books and earn more money per year than I might with one publisher, which is generally a good thing.… Read the post
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