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NaNoWriMo Evolution
With fellow NaNoWriMo’er Jessica White’s reminder that today starts word validation on the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) site (and a calendar flashing November 20), I’m forced to admit this year probably won’t be a NaNo win for me. My current 16,457 is a long way from the 50K I need by November 30th. My…
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Don’t Be Brave
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: We’ve all been at that reading. The one where our fellow memoirist clears her throat, steps to the podium, and shares with us the graphic details of her sex life. Or molestation. Or domestic abuse. We’ve all cringed that cringe. We’ve all felt I’m so sorry this happened to…
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Font Follows Function
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: “ZOMG what a tasty burger” As writers in the modern age, many of us debate pen-and-paper over computer, with a few staunch holdouts for the manual typewriter. The form in which we write affects how our writing process functions. Some swear by the connection of heart-to-hand when writing with…
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7 Strange Questions That Help You Find Your Life Purpose
Mostly because I seem to be stalled, and need to review the answers to these seven questions, especially #4, and maybe #2, and then there’s #1… What kind of answers do you come up with? (warning: more vulgar language than usually on found on my site!)
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My view of UNDER A RAGING MOON by Frank Zafiro
One of the things I rely on heavily when writing my crime novels is my fifteen-plus years’ experience in the criminal justice field: as a police/fire dispatcher, a federal court clerk/bailiff, and a social services/schools/law enforcement/juvenile court liaison. I generally tell folks that as a dispatcher – especially in the smaller departments (I worked in…
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Please Don’t Bother to Like Me
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: Back in June, I landed an agent. She sent me a questionnaire. How many Twitter followers do you have? How many Facebook friends? The first answer was ‘zero.’ I’d never really understood Twitter. And Facebook–well, I’d like to keep saying whatever I want, so I figured it was time…
CL Pauwels at Large 