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Book Reviews / writing process

Book Review: Conflict and Suspense by James Scott Bell

February 3, 2012 - by jenniecoughlin - 8 Comments.

James Scott Bell is well-known among writers for his useful, practical wisdom on improving our writing and story structure. Conflict and Suspense is the fourth writing book of his I’ve purchased, the third one I’ve read, and like its predecessors, …

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indie publishing

Indie Authors Turn Focus To Quality

December 28, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin - 15 Comments.

I’m not doing a year-in-review blog post, nor one about predictions for 2012. But one welcome change I’ve been seeing more and more about during the past several weeks is a focus among some indie authors on quality. Robert Bidinotto …

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exeter / writing process

Looking for beta readers

November 20, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin

As many of you know, I’m working on the first Exeter novel, and I’m in the middle of revisions. My first three chapters are headed to my critique group later this week, and I’m hoping to find a couple of …

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Uncategorized / writing process

Some thoughts on rewriting before NaNo kicks off

October 30, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin - 5 Comments.

With NaNoWriMo on the horizon – less than 36 hours to go – I’m seeing lots of people talking about writing their NaNo novel. I’m not participating this year because I’m in revision mode on Book 2, but since I …

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Book 2 Test Drive

October 30, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin - 8 Comments.

I’ve been working on Book 2 in the Exeter series for the past several weeks, and it’s grown from a novella telling about that summer mentioned in Bones of the Past to a bigger, deeper novel about a summer that …

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indie publishing / Uncategorized

My Indie Journey – Lessons Learned

October 29, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin - 5 Comments.

It’s been almost six months since I decided to go indie, and not quite two since my first book published. As with anything new, there’s been a learning curve. I’ve been fortunate to learn some things from other indie authors …

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Book update: Release set for later this month

August 2, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin

The past couple weeks have been an insanity of rewriting as Kyrie and I shepherd the stories that make up Thrown Out through revisions before publication. The biggest story of the collection, Thrown Out, has more than doubled in size. …

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Uncategorized / writing process

Rewriting is the key to success

July 31, 2011 - by jenniecoughlin - 2 Comments.

Writing, most of the time, is easy. At least for me. Rewriting is the hard part. And before I get a million virtual tomatoes aimed at my head, let me explain. My background and training is print journalism. When your …

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