DO YOU HAVE A SECRET NO ONE KNOWS?

by Gayle LyndsFile boxes on Gayle's shelves contain research & a few secretsMost people can’t bear to keep a secret long enough to die with it untold.  On the other hand, professionals in our intelligence agencies are not “most people.”  They’re committed and do keep the...

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RULES FOR WRITING: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER

by Chris GoffLisa Black's post last Sunday, Do You Cook Like You Write?, and Robin Burcell's post on Wednesday, RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: 5 Basic Rules for Fiction Novelists, got me to thinking—are there actually rules for writing the next bestseller?Those of us who attend conferences have heard...

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RECIPE FOR SUCCESS: 5 Basic Rules for Fiction Novelists

My first cookbook by Betty CrockerBy Robin BurcellLisa Black asked an intriguing question on her blog last week: Do you cook like you write? Though she was talking about food, her post immediately caught my interest. I’ve often thought that cooking and writing are skills that can be taught, but...

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Do you cook like you write?

By Lisa BlackThis month’s theme is about food--the problem is, I’m a terrible cook. I’m not just being modest. My mother taught my sister and I how to clean house like a demon, do laundry, shop, weed the garden and all other household skills but somehow neglected to teach us how to cook. My sister...

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National Novel Writing Month: a few tips

by Jamie FrevelettiIt's the season of National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo. For those unaware of this annual event, it's a collective endeavor in which thousands of people who have been wanting to write a novel sit down and attempt to write one in one month flat. You can check out the...

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Possibly the best place to write a book!

….by Karna Small BodmanWhat is it about a certain town or area that spawns dozens upon dozens of authors?  Of course there are writers living in all parts of this wonderful country, but there happens to be one small part of my state of Florida that is the home of so many creative souls, I...

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UNITED BY THE LOVE OF BOOKS

by K.J. HoweWith all the heartbreaking strife in the world these days, I'd like to light a candle of hope. Perhaps we can build more kindness and acceptance by uniting over a shared passion--BOOKS--as they can truly bring the world together, at least that is what I'm experiencing this week at the...

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Something wicked

S. Lee Manning: Something wicked has crawled out of a box where it has been locked up. Something evil has dressed itself up in Sunday best and is strolling down Main Street, smiling and nodding, as if everything were normal. Something ugly is sunning itself on top of the rocks, when it used to...

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