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And that includes your characters. Over at SFNovelists.com, James Gardner (Hugo and Nebula award finalist) gives a list of reasons why he might stop reading a book. His top reason is coming across the Idiot Move, where an otherwise smart and capable character does something inane or outright dumb, just…

Through Google, of course. With the new google maps quickly becoming the default method of checking directions, city layouts, and scoping out new neighborhoods through satellite feed, I guess it was only a matter of time before someone made them into an art form. This story, The 39 Steps, is…

Where you really don’t have much to say on here, while it’s bright and sunny out, and there are tons of furniture listings to be checked out so the new home will actually have places to sit, sleep, and eat on when we move in. See you all when the…

We now have a home, and we no longer need to peruse craigslist 24/7 and schedule massive amounts of appointments to check out apartments. We ended up finding a great 1st floor of a Victorian home in South Denver. We get the keys as soon as they install the new…

Been to one of these before? Maybe you attended a conference and went to a session where an agent listened to your first five pages, and then told you when to stop reading because they got bored or the writing was poor. Workshops can be a great opportunity to get…

I love how Jim Butcher can take the simplest premise and twist it all to Hell–quite literally in most instances. Small Favors is the tenth book in the Dresden Files series, and it continues to pack the wallop of magical action, mystery and the startling character development readers have come…

These are articles Holly has made publicly available and encourages people to reproduce on their websites under a free content rule. http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Holly+Lisle Right now this includes two parts in a series about bringing a story to life: Does Your Novel Have A Heartbeat?PART I of The 8-Part BRING YOUR NOVEL…

David Louis Edelman has provided the first five chapters of his new novel, Multireal, which is the sequel to Infoquake. His publisher, Pyr, has created a huge pdf sampler of some of their upcoming releases, and the first 45 pages of Multireal are included. http://www.davidlouisedelman.com/book-news/multireal-in-pyr-sampler/ Check out David’s blog to…

If you haven’t discovered her site yet (and please tell me you’ve discovered her amazing fantasy novels), Holly Lisle has some incredible writing resources, much of which she has developed herself. Recently, she has supervised the writing of a series titled: 33 Worst Mistakes Writers Make. Pretty self-explanatory. But this…

This burger may take longer to make, but is it really better? A robber fills out a job application (using correct contact info) at the same store he then robs. Police far from stumped on naming a suspect. And lastly, in other crime news…a robber had the tables turned on…