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Writing a book in less than Three Weeks

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I'm reaching the end of a season of intense writing. It's been so good because 14 months ago, I thought my writing days might be over. Then the floodgates opened and I've written four books under contract in less than a year. It's been intense y'all! It's also been really fun. But it's meant I've had to pull out all of my tricks to make it work. This current book I'm writing will be … [Read more...]

Audiobooks? A few ways to give them a try.

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I loved reading Tammy's audiobook post from earlier this week. A few years ago, I couldn't imagine listening to audiobooks for any length of time. Partly this was because of cost. Partly it's because I love the feel of a book. Partly because I don't always love the narrators. But I reached a point where I wanted to redeem the time walking across campus, driving all over town. Audiobooks … [Read more...]

The Story Behind the Story

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In April I have a novella releasing in a new collection Across the Shores. But the germ of this story came to me years ago. I was trying to find the original proposal idea and I'm going to guess it was about 2011 or 2012. I'd written two series of WWII novels for Barbour -- Cornhusker Dreams set in Nebraska and the Ohio Brides set in Ohio. Stars in the Night was about to release, and Shadowed by … [Read more...]

Talking to My Friends

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The last two weeks I've been chatting with many of my writing friends as I've been recording new episodes of Book Talk. It has been such fun! Two weeks ago I chatted with Kristy Cambron and Jill Eileen Smith. Last week it was Lisa Phillips and her team of authors as well as Mary Connealy. And this week I had a blast connecting with Melanie Dobson, J'Nell Ciesielski, Lynn Blackburn, Lynnette Eason … [Read more...]

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