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Research–How to Know How Much is Enough

Okay, what’s today? I am supposed to have written how many pages by now?
The kids have two days off for teacher planning, my husband is out of town on business…hmm, I didn’t have this on my calendar. Insert reality into my perfect schedule. Looks like I will be writing this weekend to catch up.
Well, [...]

Writing Begins–Crafting Chapter One

Boy oh boy, what a day to begin a book. I had forgotten that I had an appointment with the eye doctor today until my PDA alarm started pinging this morning. I spent a total of four hours with my eyes dilated. Still, I managed, somehow, to write ten pages.
Chapter One. I like to start [...]

Conflict–the Must-Have Ingredient

What makes a good book? Conflict. Your character wants something (her goal)–but something or someone else is preventing her from achieving it.
Now, to reach her goal, she has to try a new approach. A small change is all that’s needed…at first. This works for while and your character is back on track, making progress toward [...]

Prologue

It’s a big day for me. Big. Because today I am beginning a new novel. It’s a day ripe with possibility, and yes, I admit, a bit of fear too. While How to Seduce a Duke (sexy title, eh?) is my fifth novel, its my first for Avon and the first of a new trilogy.
Fear [...]

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