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Writing Paranormal Romance
In 2016 I’m concentrating on my paranormal romance series, The Collegium, and have an ambitious publishing schedule up for all the world to see on the front page of this site. Focussing on one project, if multiple different stand-alone novels, builds its own momentum. I live and breathe paranormal romance, and this post falls out…
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Goal, Motivation and Conflict
Deb Nemeth, my Carina Press editor, recommended “Goal, Motivation and Conflict. The Building Blocks of Good Fiction” by Debra Dixon. All I can say is, good karma to the two Debs 🙂 “Goal, Motivation and Conflict” gives you a framework to deal with your story’s conflict, making it coherent and tight. On the other hand,…
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Fever by Elizabeth Lowell
I picked up an old copy of Fever by Elizabeth Lowell the other day and it reduced me to tears — that’s a good thing! It means I was caught up in the emotion. On the whole, I try not to analyse why some books “work” for me as a reader. But this time it was…
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Wangari Maathai (via azspot)
In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources, and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy, and peace.