This Wednesday, I discuss genre writing with the amazing Tamara Berry, Colin Conway, and Frank Zafiro. We’ll be talking about writing romance, mystery, crime fiction, science fiction, and more. Plus, our moderator is the fabulous Sharma Shields. If you’re in the Spokane Area, I’d love to see you! Wed. June 12 at 6 – 7 PM at the South Hill Library3324 S Perry St, Spokane, WA 99203More info at: https://events.spokanelibrary.org/event/10715925
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Spokane Writers Conference Resources
Hello Spokane Writers! Here are the slides and the handout I used in the October 28th presentation at the Spokane Valley Library and a query letter template. They are all PDF files and should open in your browser when you click on the link. If they don’t, try to right-click on the link and select “save as” or “download” to transfer a copy to your device. -> Writing Blurbs that Sell Slides -> Writing Blurbs that Sell Handout ->Query Letter Template If you want to find out what I’m up to next, subscribe to my newsletter. You’ll get a free …
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I did a thing! I love paper planning and have been designing my own stickers, trackers, and check lists for a while. I’ve now made them all available on Etsy in my PlannerSphere shop! I can’t cut a straight line to save my life, so I usually design for and print on standard pre-cut labels that you can purchase in any stationery store. If you are a writer, teacher, or planner addict, check out: https://www.etsy.com/shop/plannersphere/. For each design, I specify which label template they are designed for and the zip file you download includes a completed template in PDF and …
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Being Swedish but Writing in English–On AAR Today.
I am a guest on All About Romance today discussing what it’s like writing fiction in your non-native language. Usually my brain is thinking in the same language as I’m currently speaking or writing, so I don’t have that much of a problem switching between English and Swedish. But for the Viking Warriors series, I’m often doing research in Swedish while writing in English–which makes for interesting sentence structures in the first draft. 🙂 If you’d like to find out more–including why the Swedish school history books may need an update about Vikings–check out the article. One can witness the …
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Fun with Synopses: A Collection of Awesome Resources
The Golden Heart deadline is coming up and, as usual, I’m scrambling to write my synopsis. The good news is that I have polished manuscript to an extra gleaming sheen while I procrastinated the summary part. As you can tell, I’m not a fan of summarizing my masterpiece in 5 pages or less. I’m getting better at it though. This is largely because of some awesome tools that generous writers share on their websites. In the spirit of prolonging the inevitable a bit longer, I decided to share the most useful ones I’ve found here, with you, as an early …