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Takeaways from the Southern California Writer’s Conference, Part 2: Platform Building for Fiction Writers

I’ve been hearing a lot about the necessity of building a platform. Apparently before a publisher will pick up a first time writer’s book it not only has to be superbly written and perfectly timed for the market, but the … Continue reading

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Takeaways from the Southern California Writer’s Conference Part 1: Cross-Reading Leads to Better Metaphors

I was at the Southern California Writer’s Conference last weekend and as always came back with some valuable ideas and connections. At author Bob Yehling’s panel on Cross-Genre Writing, Yehling urged listeners to keep a stack of four to five … Continue reading

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