Inspire Me

/ August 5, 2011

YA Highway asked this question a few weeks ago. Then I shared pictures of the day job’s complex, which is the setting for the assassin project. Since I did that already, I didn’t want to cheat. So today’s post is going to be split into two parts: pictures that I’d like to write something about and pictures of people who

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First Lines: A Sampler

/ July 29, 2011

Due to last week’s blogging hiatus (not to mention a general case of head-up-the-ass), I didn’t prepare for today’s Friday Fives. Thank god for online book previews. Below you’ll find some of my favorite beginnings*. “Are you still mad?”Alec, leaning against the wall of the elevator, glared across the small space at Jace. “I’m not mad.” – City of Ashes,

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It’s Like a Yellow Submarine, But Not

/ July 15, 2011

I should probably let you all in on a not-so-secret secret: I’m anti-social. This totally contradicts the amount of time I spend on the Twitters and here, but sometimes that’s how I roll. Anyway. Listing 5 writing communities shouldn’t be too hard. Twitter. This is where I’ve made a lot of my writing connections. The #amediting and #amwriting hashtags are

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The Top 5 Tools Every Writer Should Use

/ July 8, 2011

First, I’d like to announce the winner of the Jenna & Jonah’s Fauxmance Giveaway… KO! Now back to our originally scheduled Friday Fives. In every writer’s life, a bit of research must fall. Yours truly isn’t an exception. Where do I go for all my researcherly needs? Google by far. I just type in a question and bam! instant answers.

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Cliches Are Awesome

/ July 1, 2011

It’s Friday and in under six hours I’ll be having a fantastic long weekend. Until then, you’re stuck with me and my five favorite cliches. When the general public thinks cliche, chances are they’ll think a catch phrase. When I think cliche, I think things in writing. Let’s count them down: The dumb blonde and dumb jock. Even though they’re

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