Tag Archives: writing

Meteorites and A More Diverse Protagonist

Posted on November 22, 2011 by earthsdivide

I’ve really been looking at my manuscript from a different perspective the last few weeks. I got to a point in my editing where I was satisfied. It wasn’t that I thought I was finished, but I was too close … Continue reading →

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UVU Book Academy – Even better the second time.

Posted on October 7, 2011 by earthsdivide

Yesterday, I had a fantastic time at the UVU book academy in Orem Utah.  This is the second year that I’ve been able to attend. And just like last year, it was awesome. Simply the best thing about the conference … Continue reading →

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Second Chances – hopefully better than the first

Posted on August 10, 2011 by earthsdivide

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. Harrison Ford Second chances are really an interesting and sometimes wasteful opportunity. Half of me thinks that I waste my second chances because I … Continue reading →

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Trying something new – writing two stores at the same time

Posted on July 29, 2011 by earthsdivide

This blog post was originally written on my author page at Clarlucky I read a myth that you should stay writing in the same genre during your career. This is probably to stop anyone from writing on a topic that … Continue reading →

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Jumping Between Two Stories

Posted on March 22, 2011 by earthsdivide

I am interested in learning more about changing scenes and even characters during a story. I have finished my first and second rough drafts and am now trying to put together the pieces. It seems like it is sort of … Continue reading →

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Is there a need to be critiqued?

Posted on February 22, 2011 by earthsdivide

  This seems to be a big question that I have.  Now that I am moving on with editing, and almost finished. [Hopefully].  I’ve sent out my manuscript to some friends and writing gurus. I am starting to get some … Continue reading →

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Finding a Writing Platform

Posted on January 26, 2011 by earthsdivide

A platform, a platform, and some social networking has, as of recently, been pounded into me from conferences, writers,  and different online blogs. This is an interesting topic and one that  steamrolls me. If you are a celebrated and well-known … Continue reading →

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What Pushes You to Write?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by earthsdivide

Updated recently as I consider what is driving me to write – still the same reasons: In the last few months, I’ve been asked this question several times.  Initially it was someone who really wanted to know how I get … Continue reading →

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My Use of Adverbs

Posted on December 27, 2010 by earthsdivide

I am editing and am surprised on how many different Adverbs I have used.  I haven’t yet decided if that is a good or bad things. I am not going to define an adverb.  It is easy enough to find.  … Continue reading →

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A Complete Cut of 17,000 Words.

Posted on December 20, 2010 by earthsdivide

A few months ago I began my journey of editing, I thought I knew what I was doing.  I was dead wrong.  When I finally linked all the chapters of my book, I found out that I was about 50,000 … Continue reading →

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