This past week, Pearson, the owner of Penguin for the last half-century, jettisoned its remaining stake in Penguin Random House—the book publishing joint venture it formed six years ago with Bertelsmann, the German media group. According to an article in MSN Money, End of an era for book publisher Penguin: The company originally owned 47% […]
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The Witcher (Netflix 2019)
Oh, Holidays! Parties, Gatherings, and all that glitz! Not for me. While I could do some writing, believe you me there’s a backlog of writing I need to get to do, I decided to get through my to-watch list. Hey, I did get to update King Wolf so I wasn’t that inattentive to my writing […]
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Meet King Wolf
I’m starting a new fic on Wattpad (woohoo #IAmWriting)! It’s actually an idea that has been marinating in the back of my mind, but I left the headspace needed to continue it so it stayed there. Now I feel King Wolf jumping back into life and telling me his lines. I’m definitely pantsing this one, […]
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Writing Voice & Its Importance to Storytelling
Voice. All readers (and literary agents) want to find the next great one, and all writers want to know what the heck it is. If voice were easy to define, then we wouldn’t have dozens of articles, books and classes to demystify the concept. Today, I’ll put in my two cents and see if I […]
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5 Holiday Challenges Only Writers Will Understand
It’s the holiday season, and this is a tough time for most people. For, writers, it’s peace hell on Earth, largely—though not entirely—due to the whole ‘having to wear pants’ thing. We authors, historically, have been a misunderstood group of people. Burned as witches. No holiday there. Survival rate after a political coup? Close to […]
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