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Charmed vs. Hex

In case you aren't familiar with these two series, Charmed is the story of three sister witches who fight demons, date (sometimes the demons they wind up fighting), and in general look way better in crop tops than any of us could ever dream of. Hex is a new series on...

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Bellwether…

I don't know if you have noticed, but I have added "the last 5 books I read" and "currently reading" to my sidebar. Little hint, if something shows in currently reading and then doesn't make it into "the last 5 books I read" it means it isn't something I recommend....

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Minor characters=minor importance?

First Hi! I've been at the Wisconsin RWA annual conference. I was the chair this year. Yahoo! It is over. It was a great conference, but it is such a relief to have it behind me. Waves to anyone who was there. :) Today I was reading the new issue of Writer's Digest...

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Are your characters cardboard?

Still chatting about Donald Maass and Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook. Thought I forgot, didn't you? This week it's multi-dimensional characters. Maass uses the Artemis Fowl novels to illustrate his point. Even though I haven't read the books, I can see where this...

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Building Scenes…

A couple of days ago I mentioned Alicia Rasley's excellent RWR article on constructing scenes. Well, today during a lovely drive through some truly scary parts of downtown Chicago, I got the chance to re-read the article and make notes. As much for my benefit as...

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