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Archive for February, 2008:

Because my heart isn’t in it.

{ Posted on Feb 29 2008 by Diana Castilleja }
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Categories : The Inclined
A lot of people have asked me over the last month or so with all the side things that I do, why I haven't tried to expand on them, to broaden my range, or my name by taking advantage of ...Read More »

Building a Villain

{ Posted on Feb 28 2008 by Shelley Munro }
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Tags : Playing to Win, Shelley Munro, Villains, Writing
Categories : The Inclined
Playing to Win, the very first book I wrote is a romantic suspense. I’ve written many different genres since then, but one thing remains true. I love to add a suspense element and if I can sprinkle the odd body ...Read More »

Q-U-E-R-Y Spells Torture

{ Posted on Feb 27 2008 by Eliza Knight }
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Categories : The Inclined
Hello Inkers! Today I thought I blog about the dreaded query letter.  For most of us writers it means torture.  We want to write prose, not a sales letter.  Because that is what a query is, it sells us to that ...Read More »

How much is too much?

{ Posted on Feb 25 2008 by Leigh Royals }
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Categories : The Inclined
In addition to loving romances, I love history. I love the research that goes into writing my current manuscript. Over the past two weeks I have had the privelege to study in the library of the same city I am ...Read More »

No Excuses

{ Posted on Feb 24 2008 by Maggie Robinson }
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Categories : The Inclined
I spent a lot of my life at the shallow end of the pool. With four children in a nine year span, there was always someone who couldn’t swim.  I sat on the steps, holding the bobbing baby, while everyone ...Read More »

Leave me ALONE!

{ Posted on Feb 23 2008 by Haven Rich }
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Categories : The Inclined
No, not you. The characters and plots running amuck in my head. Just yesterday I was in the shower thinking about random nothingness when a flash of an idea took over and it was all I could think about until I ...Read More »

Words, I need words!

{ Posted on Feb 22 2008 by Diana Castilleja }
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Categories : The Inclined
Sounds easy enough I guess. I'm at a point in my story where I need a scene. During one of the early read throughs, I realized a chapter goes from here >>> to >>> here really fast, and that it ...Read More »

Five Senses: Scent

{ Posted on Feb 21 2008 by Shelley Munro }
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Tags : Characters, Scents, Writing
Categories : The Inclined
One of the things I always need to remind myself as a writer is to use all five senses in my writing, to color the scene and make it come alive for the reader without overdoing things. In my very ...Read More »

Edits and Revisions

{ Posted on Feb 20 2008 by Eliza Knight }
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Categories : The Inclined
Hello Inkers! Back in December I sent in a query and synopsis to an editor, which she requested a full.  I heard back from her on Valentine's day, and she had asked me to revise my manuscript and send it back ...Read More »

One hero, with everything…

{ Posted on Feb 18 2008 by Leigh Royals }
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Categories : The Inclined
The other day I was at a establishment famous for subs. I just wanted to...eat fresh, ya know? So, I ordered my sandwich, asked them to add more of the ingredients I requested. (black olives, in case you're interested, and ...Read More »
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