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One Writing Coach Client’s Book Launch
After writing coach client Barbara Hinske sent me her manuscript to review, I came back with two major suggestions: She had neglected one entire narrative thread involving the book's villains that begged to be developed. She needed to let the action--rather than...
Surviving a Stalker Republished
Some people might say that I'm stubborn. When it comes to not letting a good book die, they'd be right. I wrote the first book about the stalking of ordinary people 20 years ago. It was published as a mass paperback. It did okay, but not great. That's what happens...
Languages Are About More Than Words
When I was in college, I took a bilingual creative writing class. Most of the students, including me, wrote stories and poems in either English or Spanish, or sometimes in both. Since I'm also fluent in French, having lived in Paris as a kid, I also wrote in French....
Punctuation Can Make Alll the Difference
A friend who has brought me on to help with her romance novel sent me the following email about what a difference punctuation can make. It made me laugh, so I figured I would share it. After you read it, I think you'll agree that punctuation can, indeed, make all the...
Grammar Outs – Cooking Shows Burn Grammar
In my ongoing effort to out bad grammar committed by very public figures, I turned to TV's cooking shows. Talk about fertile ground! "We're going to rinse [the pasta] really good so it stops cooking," said the host of Home for Dinner with Jamie Deen. Jamie, you say...























