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Taking the Sting Out of a Bad Review So You Can Become a Better Writer

No one likes a bad review, but let’s be honest, some of what the reviewer says might hold a bit of truth, if we’re brave enough to listen. So how do you get past the sting of a bad review so you can become a better writer? Grow Thick Skin Remember your first hard critique?…

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How to Write a Good Bad Review

“If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” Mama’s advice serves well to keep us kind, but people don’t always need kind. We don’t even need polite all the time. Sometimes we need truth. Gina birthed the question on facebook: “Why do people post negative reviews?” Ron responded with a post about…

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Feeling Overwhelmed with Your Work Load?

First drafts, research, edits – it’s easy to get overwhelmed. There are steps you can take to get through it. • Write it down – I often make lists of everything that’s causing me stress. There is something about getting it from your mind to paper that helps keep it in perspective. • Start with…

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When Research Becomes a Little Too Real

Repost from Guest blog on http://brandyheineman.wordpress.com “I grab some cookies to snack on while I read, & next thing I know, there’s an autopsy happening. Well played, Ms Conroy. Well played. ;)” This Tweet from @brandyhei  while she was reading my autopsy scene in Digging Up Death got me thinking… do readers really know what authors go…

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Putting the WORK back into Work-at-Home Mom

Once upon a lifetime I worked as a Financial Analyst at an worldwide HR firm. It sounds far more prestigious than it actually was. Sure, I had specific degrees of stress, but I managed it all with elaborate spreadsheets, lists and calendars. I was good at my job. That was nearly ten years ago before…

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4 Practical Ways on How to meet a Deadline

The first time I wrote a book on a deadline it was both exhilarating and scary. Here’s what I’ve learned about how to meet a deadline. 1. Banish self doubt. There isn’t time to constantly second guess every decision. If an editor had faith that you could deliver, have that same amount of confidence in…

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4 Tips to Finding Your Blogging Voice

Oh man, the growing pains of blogging and discovering what’s unique about you. Tough! I struggle with it all the time. I wrote about blogging rules and how they are like matching socks. They stink and you never find two the same. 🙂 I’m redneck and random and I don’t like “fitting” in but I…

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Digging Up Death is FREE on Kindle!

I knew it would happen, I just didn’t know when! But Digging Up Death is FREE on Kindle, so help me spread the word and help my “baby” reach #1 in free downloads! Don’t forget to tweet, Facebook, PIN & SHARE!! 😉

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Tips for Writing Synopses

by Julie Jarnigan Okay, maybe I don’t love writing synopses, but I do enjoy the process of writing a synopsis more than most. I write synopses before I start the book, so this is really where the story starts coming to life. Here are some things I’ve learned about the dreaded synopsis: 1. There’s no…

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More Sleeper Posts You Might Have Missed

I have a lot of half finsihed content in my draft folder, but I really want to revisit some of these old posts that you might have missed. These posts are what I call sleepers. Not for the fact that they received unexpected recognition like the definition says, but rather they are posts I feel…

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