The prologue, like the humble adverb, is a despised thing among writers so I’ve learned. So much so that, if you can believe the rhetoric, a manuscript of 90,000 words daring to contain one adverb is in danger of being denounced as rubbish and cast aside by agents – its author pooh-poohed as an amateur. Likewise, the mere suggestion of inserting a prologue at the beginning of a tale is
Writing is lonely business. For someone like me, who’s used to spending her days interacting with lots of different people, the solitude of the writing life can be a bit of a shock. The cats are always with me when I’m working of course, but they don’t laugh at my jokes, they don’t care if I make my daily writing quota, and they have no opinion on whether I should
A blog hop is like a game of literary tag for writers with blogs. On January 30, 2013, I was fortunate enough to be tagged by Irish author Lesley Richardson. So now, I’m “it.” My job is to answer a few questions about a project I’m working on, and include bios and links to other writers I think you may be interested in discovering. Sure it’s a marketing strategy and
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