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					<description><![CDATA[Hello readers. This post is going to be a little different, and I ask you in advance to please ignore all typos and mistakes. You&#39;ll get to see why in a moment. a couple of years ago, I experimented with dictation for writing my books, instead of typing. I did so for about a month, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2015 01:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ever feel like you are going in circles? Sure you do. Everyone does, right? I&#39;m the type of writer known as an outliner, which means I like to plan my whole story in advance and make detailed notes on every scene and every step of the plot, start to finish. It&#39;s the engineer in me. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2014 17:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone. My 2nd Necromancer tour is over and during it I did a few guest posts. Here they are, in case any take your fancy. And, by the way, thank you all for your support of Necromancer &#8211; it continues to sell well daily. What was I thinking? &#8211; My experiences writing my romantic adventure serial. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2014 03:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First world problems for authors: Editor deadlines. How much of a stressor is this for the modern author? Though authors have worked with publishing and editorial deadlines ever since some ancient druid told his craftsman &#8220;Finish runes on this stone before setting sun at solstice, or Gods seek revenge!&#8221;, I believe deadlines have grown tougher [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2014 03:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Does a plot have to have an antagonist &#8211; a villain? Do you enjoy books or movies without a villain? One of the classic plot lines for a story is a protagonist &#8211; the hero &#8211; defeating the antagonist. It&#8217;s the classic good vs. evil tale, and in most cases the hero is an underdog, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2013 02:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure most people think authors are a calm and level-headed breed. Our bio and PR pictures depict us as well groomed and smiling, and we try to be witty and intellectual at dinner parties. Ours is one of the few professions where glasses and gray hair can actually improve our standing and charisma. It&#8217;s [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stop using exclamation points!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 19:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ah, the exclamation point, or exclamation mark as some call it&#8230; I believe it is seriously overused, and I like to think that most editors would agree with me. Don&#8217;t you hate reading a book where every piece of dialog ends in one? Commonly it us used to indicate a raised voice, shouting, surprise, alarm, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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