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How to Avoid the Dreaded Dialogue Tag

Laura Drake — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:00:08 +0000

by Laura Drake Okay, I admit it. I’m prejudiced against dialogue tags. Yes, I know they say, ‘He said/she said’ are invisible to the reader. They're not to me. Even if you don’t share my pet peeve, why settle for something so boring? You write a sparkling line of dialogue, and slap ‘he said’ on […]

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You Know You're a Writer If . . .

Laura Drake — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 09:00:07 +0000

I’m between books. Which is to say that I took two days to clean up everything on my ‘to do’ list, and today I’m diving into plotting my next book. Yeah, right. Everyone who follows WITS knows I’m an inveterate pantser. Well, I’m turning over a new car (this is way harder than a leaf). […]

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Book signings Aren’t Dead

Laura Drake — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:00:54 +0000

By Laura Drake I’ll say it right up front – I’m a promo-ho. Hey, successful authorship nowadays all about discoverability and I’m not afraid to fall on my face to get my name out there. I wrote and sold a contemporary romance series, Sweet on a Cowboy, set in the world of Professional Bull riding […]

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