Trust the Maze by Christa Allan

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Sometimes writing is like spending months studying Italian only to discover, when your plane lands, that you're in Greece. Eventually, you drink some ouzo (which is capable of rendering you nearly comatose), visit a few islands, and come to embrace this new territory. It may not...

Holy poop - I'm a RITA winner!

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by Laura DrakeThis stuff does NOT happen to me. Seriously. I keep thinking that this is the BEST kind of dream, and I'm going to wake up. I find myself staring at 'The Lady' like she's going to disappear. The Sweet Spot double finaled - but I knew with a crowded field (including...

Pitching a Book, Pitching a Business

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by Wendy Tokunaga A few months ago my husband quit his job to start his own business. He’s helped co-found a couple of companies before, but with this one it’s just him and his partner, who is located in a different state. So this is an exciting and important time....

The Twists and Turns to Fast Glamour

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by Maggie MarrEvery book I begin to write is different than the book I end up writing. I am primarily a 'pantser'; a writer who sees only the story immediately before them—much like using your headlights while driving at night in fog—but even the times that I've outlined and plotted,...