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It’s Been How Long?

Posted on May 8, 2017 by DremaDeoraich

Wow … I just realized it’s been a whole month since I posted – Sorry y’all! It’s been a crazy few weeks and the time…

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Finding Time to Write

Posted on May 8, 2017 by DremaDeoraich

If you aspire to write, you know the dream—quit the day job, write full time, make bucketloads of money doing it. Yeah. I’m familiar with…

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Why Bad Things Happen to Good Characters

Posted on April 9, 2017 by DremaDeoraich

I’ve heard it stated over and over at conferences, in blog posts and articles, and from my editor, Paula. Good writing isn’t about a character,…

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An Education In Craft

Posted on March 26, 2017March 27, 2017 by DremaDeoraich

That first summer I worked with Paula on editing my manuscript, I read more than I wrote. Some of the books I read were helpful,…

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Where It All Went Wrong

Posted on March 9, 2017 by DremaDeoraich

How hard can it be? Remember that? Yeah. (Nostalgic sigh.) I must admit I was overwhelmed at the thought of reducing the 800K-word tome I’d…

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It’s a Love Thang (or How I Fell In Love With My Characters)

Posted on February 18, 2017 by DremaDeoraich

Writers are omniscient, at least within their own worlds. They know who’s doing what to (or with) whom and why, what the probable outcome will…

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Going with the Flow

Posted on February 5, 2017 by DremaDeoraich

As I said last week, my initial foray into writing fiction was flawed. In the science fiction market, the genre for my first novel, acceptable…

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Letting My Inside Voice Out

Posted on January 29, 2017February 5, 2017 by DremaDeoraich

Nobody takes fiction writers seriously. That’s what I used to think. As a volunteer journalist and editor on a small non-profit press for more than…

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