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Maven Didn’t Make It.

Penguin posted their top ten list of entries for the Amazon Breakout Novel Award. Maven didn’t make it, but then neither did 90 other semifinalists. I don’t feel so bad. I do have a book listed at Amazon (Port Nowhere) and … Continue reading

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Media Me! Next Best Selling Author!

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=vWUtZzt1swc] This post is trying out the Easy Tube plugin.  The video is my entry for the Simpleology Next Best Selling Author competition.  Now that I have gotten through the logisitics of makein a video the first time, I’m ready to … Continue reading

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Publisher’s Weekly Review of Maven Fairy Godmother Excerpt

I am so thrilled to get a pre-publication review of Maven Fairy Godmother from Publisher’s Weekly on the Amazon Breakout Novel Award promotion!   I am certainly willing to “smooth out the prose.” Manuscript Review by Publishers Weekly, an independent organization Maven, … Continue reading

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Semi-Finalist at Amazon!

I got word today that my novel, Maven Fairy Godmother, is a semi-finalist in Amazon.com’s Breakout Novel Contest. By all means, go over a give it a free read, and tell me what you think.  I am glad to have made … Continue reading

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Novel Structure and a Hook

This simple structure comes from Randy Ingermanson’s Snowflake Method of plotting a story: sentence one: introductory sentence. sentence two: disaster #1 sentence three: disaster #2, caused by consequences of actions taken because of disaster #1. sentence four: disaster #3, caused … Continue reading

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