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Fresh Horizons: Celebrating a manuscript milestone
Tap tap tap. Space. Tap tap tap. “The End.” I type the phrase of a dream. My heart is pounding. I’m grinning. The manuscript for my first novel, Loop Dee Doo, is finished, totaling 84,819 words...
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Fresh Horizons: First round of revisions on the run
“Wocketa, wocketa, wocketa, wocketa …” Step into my office. Pardon the washing machine racket. Once you get used to it, it’s kind of a cozy sound. The coin-op dryers keep the place toasty; it gets cold...
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Fresh Horizons: Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette …
The whispers of addiction inside my characters’ heads are no different from the real-life echoes of a needy ego. Ekhart Tolle’s “A New Earth” brings presence to light. Click. Flick. Inhale. Ahhhh …...
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Fresh Horizons: Gaslighted characters wonder ‘who’s crazy now?’
Cover via Amazon This screenshot shows Ingrid Bergman being gaslighted. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “Pfft, I never said that. What are you talking about?” “What did you do with my _____?” “Settle down....
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Fresh Horizons: ABNA contest pushes novelist to perfect the pitch
The “Loop Dee Doo” trio’s travels include a stop at Bobby’s Fish Camp on the Tombigbee River. Towboats can be a help or a hazard to the recreational boaters running the Heartland Rivers. “Toot Toot!”...
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Fresh Horizons: Seven things to do when you can’t sleep
Insomnia smiley (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Like the three main characters in my novel “Loop Dee Doo” I suffer from insomnia. Let me rephrase: Used to suffer. I’m still sleeping lighter and less, as many...
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Fresh Horizons: Luck of the draw nets author a new writing tool
iPad was hailed as a tremendous innovation when it made its 2010 debut. Computer tablets of all makes and models are becoming increasingly common. This new user can’t wait to get started! (Photo...
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Fresh Horizons: Author’s book signing provides lessons in format, flair,...
I think I was more concerned than Corey about how many people would show up. No worries. He drew a respectable crowd. “I got a rejection the other day,” Corey LaBissoniere tells me, and the three of us...
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Fresh Horizons: Delighted to Be Back in Breakthrough Novel Award Contention
Joy joy joy! Thanks to my line editor Debbie Frontiera, comments from last year’s ABNA judges and helpful beta-reader input my first novel “Loop Dee Doo” was revised, polished and re-entered in the...
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Fresh Horizons: Loop Dee Doo’s first published review, by an East Side...
Jenna says a sailing glossary would come in handy. I didn’t realize I was getting technical; that’s why beta readers are such wonderful helpers!Found in my inbox this afternoon: Loop Dee Doo by Cyndi...
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“By Zombies” and other novel writing highlights: Celebrating a manuscript...
Tap tap tap. Space. Tap tap tap. “The End.” I type the phrase of a dream. My heart is pounding. I’m grinning. The manuscript for my first novel, “More Than You Think You Know,” is finished, totaling...
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Editing a novel on the go: First round of revisions takes place riverside
“Wocketa, wocketa, wocketa, wocketa …” Step into my office. Pardon the washing machine racket. Once you get used to it, it’s kind of a cozy sound. The coin-op dryers keep the place toasty; it gets cold...
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Smoke, smoke, smoke that cigarette … Author kicks the nicotine ‘butt’ her...
The whispers of addiction inside my characters’ heads are no different from the real-life echoes of a needy ego. Ekhart Tolle’s “A New Earth” brings presence to light. Click. Flick. Inhale. Ahhhh …...
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Gaslighted characters wonder ‘who’s crazy now?’
Cover via Amazon This screenshot shows Ingrid Bergman being gaslighted. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “Pfft, I never said that. What are you talking about?” “What did you do with my _____?” “Settle down....
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ABNA contest pushes novelist to perfect the pitch
The “Loop Dee Doo” trio’s travels include a stop at Bobby’s Fish Camp on the Tombigbee River. Towboats can be a help or a hazard to the recreational boaters running the Heartland Rivers. “Toot Toot!”...
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Seven things to do when you can’t sleep
Insomnia smiley (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Like the three main characters in my novel “More Than You Think You Know” I suffer from insomnia. Let me rephrase: Used to suffer. I’m still sleeping lighter...
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Luck of the draw nets author a new writing tool
iPad was hailed as a tremendous innovation when it made its 2010 debut. Computer tablets of all makes and models are becoming increasingly common. This new user can’t wait to get started! (Photo...
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Author’s book signing provides lessons in format, flair, persistence and...
I think I was more concerned than Corey about how many people would show up. No worries. He drew a respectable crowd. “I got a rejection the other day,” Corey LaBissoniere tells me, and the three of us...
View Article“By Zombies” and other novel writing highlights: Celebrating a manuscript...
Tap tap tap. Space. Tap tap tap. “The End.” I type the phrase of a dream. My heart is pounding. I’m grinning. The manuscript for my first novel, “More Than You Think You Know,” is finished, totaling...
View ArticleEditing a novel on the go: First round of revisions takes place riverside
“Wocketa, wocketa, wocketa, wocketa …” Step into my office. Pardon the washing machine racket. Once you get used to it, it’s kind of a cozy sound. The coin-op dryers keep the place toasty; it gets cold...
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