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Writing Rules: How & Why We Play ‘Follow the Reader’

Kristen Lamb June 23, 2022 0 comment

Writing rules tend to make newbies break out in hives. New writers, as I once did, believe that the word ‘rules’ automatically implies creativity is somehow stymied and worry the art will not flow. Today, hopefully, I’ll show you not only why writing rules are so important, but why the rules are not necessarily about […]

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Neurodivergent: Being ‘Different’ in Life & Fiction

Kristen Lamb June 14, 2022 0 comment

Neurodivergent is a buzz word that’s taken off in the past decade. The term applies to a broad spectrum of people who are, for whatever reason, not normal. Those who ‘suffer’ from ADD, ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, etc. are all on the list. For those who don’t know or haven’t guessed, I’m on the autistic […]

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Write FAST & Furious! Outrunning “Spock Brain”

Kristen Lamb May 31, 2022 0 comment

Original Image courtesy of David HT Flikr Creative Commons… Fast drafting is a technique that I have used successfully on quite a few books. What is fast drafting? Fast drafting is when we sit down and write a book within a given amount of time. It can be as short as two weeks, but I […]

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Boutique Books: The Fall of the Mega-Author Titans

Kristen Lamb May 24, 2022 0 comment

Boutique businesses are on the rise in the digital age. What does ’boutique’ mean? Essentially, small is now big. Instead of people relying solely on a handful of major brands, the marketplace has shifted from the macro to the micro. Yes, plenty of people still pick up a Brad Thor in the airport. Just like […]

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Gaslighting: Narcissists & Tampering with Reality

Kristen Lamb May 13, 2022 0 comment

‘Gaslighting’ is a term I’ve used for YEARS. Oddly, however, until recently, almost nobody knew what the heck I was talking about. I would have to explain about the movie from the 1940s, based off a 1938 play Gas Light. Anyway, it would just turn into a rambling conversation almost as awkward as when I […]

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Mommie Dearest: The Mother Wound & Fiction

Kristen Lamb May 3, 2022 0 comment

Over 40 countries have a day to celebrate ‘mother’ and ‘mother figures’ with some variation of Mother’s Day. While millions of people will send flowers and gifts and take their moms, grandmothers, aunts, etc. out for a fancy day, other folks might struggle…a lot. People can feel a wide variety of emotions when it comes […]

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Small Steps & The Value of Simply SHOWING UP

Kristen Lamb April 20, 2022 0 comment

Small steps are the most essential for achieving anything in life, yet they’re also the most underestimated. They are too easy to overlook or dismiss. Unlike when we were kids, no one is handing out stickers or scented erasers to reward us for a day well done. There’s no list on the wall showcasing the […]

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Fiction Filler: Bloated Writing Makes Readers Sick

Kristen Lamb April 14, 2022 0 comment

Fiction filler is like fillers in food. It makes a little bit of good stuff go a lot farther, but at what cost? How much of this pink slime prose can we really get away with before readers feel ill? Almost everyone has padded some form of writing—a school paper, essays, presentations, resumes, etc. In […]

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Memory: Shape Characters & Sharpen Conflict

Kristen Lamb April 5, 2022 0 comment

Memory is a tricky thing. We like to believe our brains are like a video camera recording every detail of every event with perfect precision. Or at least I’m guilty of believing this…especially when at odds with someone. But, aside from memory making us martyrs, it serves many other useful purposes in life and in […]

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SEO: The Key to Working Smarter not Harder

Kristen Lamb March 24, 2022 0 comment

Um…HUH? SEO, for those who might not know, stands for Search Engine Optimization. And right now, many of you might be like, “Well, great. THAT makes it clear as mud.” Today, we’re going to talk a little about search engines, how they work, and ways search engine optimization can make our content work harder so […]

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