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Author Insight Premier Episode – Go Indie Now

Author Marnie Cate has created a new series for Go Indie Now! Check out the premier episode of Author Insight, where a small group of authors – J.M. Northup, Mari Collins, me, and your fabulous host Marnie – talk in-depth about some topics like strangest thing to research and character names that we didn’t like […]

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Online Author Events This Weekend

This weekend is going to be a very exciting one for me! Author Event #1: Saturday, September 10 at 7 p.m. EST, join legendary indie authors and me for a live discussion of all things writing. The author roster includes LE Fitzpatrick, Jason Greensides, Joe Compton, Julie Northrup, Cindy Schneider, Karina Kantas, and me, with […]

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Writing Competition: Your Vote Counts!

I’m very excited to say that I recently entered a really fun Valentine’s Day writing competition and made it as one of four finalists! Read all the stories (each one is no more than 1200 words) and vote for your favorite: http://mistressofthedarkpath.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/february-2013-writing-contest-finalists/ The voting deadline is February 13th at midnight (EST), so make sure to get your vote […]

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Cultural Writing: Why the Author Matters

I am a huge fan of writings from other cultures, whether written in English or translated into English from the original language. My favorite cultural literature is Asian; the cultural history is extraordinary and unique in every category (family, fashion, women’s rights, etc.), and the style of writing is very distinctive, even if translated into English. In fact, […]

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Tangents and Pedantic Tendencies in Classic Literature

I’ve noticed that in many pieces of classic literature, the authors tend to go off on long tangents and/or repeat things far too often. Moby Dick has entire chapters that go off on tangents, i.e. chapter 24, “The Advocate” (Ishmael makes his very long case for being a whale-hunter) and chapter 25, “Postscript” (Ishmael continues to […]

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