Since I’m going to self-publish my novel Little Miss Lovesick next month, I’m doing a lot of reading and research on all the things that need to be done. In Zoe Winters’ book, Smart Self-Publishing: Becoming an Indie Author, she suggests that authors remember they are running a business. My little business school heart sang [...]

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          I’m frustrated! What happened to all those ideas brewing in my head? Why can’t I pull them through my fingers onto the page? Where did all my motivation go?           Maybe it has something to do with these life changes happening around me. (Ya think?) Every [...]

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So, last week I talked about how I had gotten feedback that suggested my main character was falling flat. The writing books on my shelves gave me lots of suggestions on how to create an empathetic character: Main Character Empathy. But what about personality? How do we create characters who are just plain fun to [...]

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