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Fast Train to Shanghai!

When we visited Shanghai everyone in our group was eager to experience the fast train. It’s a high-speed magnetic levitation train. The train travels the 30 km (18.6 miles) in seven minutes and twenty seconds. All I know is that it was incredibly fast. The scenery...

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Serials – An Old Idea Made New?

There has been a lot of talk about fictional serials during the last few months with both publishers and Amazon embracing the idea. A serial is a single book broken down into instalments. These instalments go on sale one at a time with the ending hook of each serial...

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Adventures in the Coffice

During the last few months I’ve been attempting to complete three different manuscripts. When I’m at home it’s easy to become distracted. Too easy! There’s all the housework, the Internet, my email, the puppy wanting to play and the phone, just to mention a few things...

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What is the Big Deal With Pinterest?

“Oh, no!” I hear you say. “Not another form of social media to soak up my writing time.” To be honest that’s what I thought when I first heard about Pinterest, and I turned my back and walked away. Then, I started to see posts about Pinterest in my blog feeds. I read...

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Ten Suggestions For Writing Well-Rounded Heroines

I'm visiting Savvy Authors today and talking about heroines. Here's the link to my post, which contains suggestions for writing a good heroine. I intend to try and catch up on some writing this weekend, and I'll be watching the quarter-finals of the rugby World Cup on...

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Meet Me At The Coffice

These days technology allows us to conduct business from anywhere. We can live in different countries and communicate with each other for business purposes. For example, one of my publishers often holds virtual meetings I can attend in the comfort of my lounge. On the...

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Fixing A Broken Character

Recently someone told me the hero in my story wasn’t heroic and didn’t behave like a hero. He was unsympathetic. Instead of panicking or becoming defensive, I took another look at my hero and, to my horror, found the criticism was justified. While I still liked my...

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Thirteen Things For Authors To Tweet About

I'm fairly new to Twitter, and I'm always wondering what to tweet about. I subscribe to The Book Marketing Expert newsletter and this week they included an article covering things for people to tweet about. Here are a few of them. Thirteen Things For Authors to Tweet...

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Dear Author – A Note From Your Heroine

This post is inspired by Heather at The Galaxy Express and her post, Attention, please! This is your heroine speaking. Dear Author, I salute you. You sit for long hours in front of the computer as you labor over our stories. Without you none of us would be here....

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