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Writing crime is definitely a different kind of beast, as I found out when writing "Desecration" last year. Murder mystery takes intricate plotting, you need to set up multiple characters who …
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This is a guest post from Kate Lord Brown, author of The Beauty Chorus. I am totally in agreement with Kate on this topic. After years of being blocked by thinking I had to write literary fiction, I …
Many people have asked why I blog and give away so much information for free as well as the inevitable question, how do I make an income. Well, like most of you, I have a day job. I actually work four …
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There are some great authors online who are years ahead of me, who are achieving success and who also share their knowledge with other writers. Mur Lafferty is one of those people and I was thrilled …
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This is a guest post from Alan Baxter as part of his blog book tour for Realmshift and MageSign. My novels RealmShift and MageSign are classified as a dark fantasy novels. They are also thrillers …
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I recently went to a “Creative Drinks” event in Brisbane. It was aimed at mainly visual creatives as I didn’t meet any other authors, but it was certainly interesting. Michael Doneman spoke briefly …
