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Fiction Prompt January 20th
While I am hoping to use several of these prompts to create standalone flash fiction, writing responses to these prompts from the PoV of one of my novel characters is a really good way to build...
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Editing a Short Story in Five Steps
Over the last week of December and the first week of January, we worked on fairly long short stories. Now it’s time to talk about editing. Editing a short story is a much less painful process than...
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Prompt Time February 3rd
Most of my short stories–the ones that have been actual stories, not just free writes for fun–clock in somewhere between 6, 000 words and 10, 000 words. This year one of my goals has been to try to...
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Guest Post: Martin Bolton on Co-Writing a Novel
Today I’d like to welcome Martin Bolton, my second guest poster here at Dianna’s Writing Den. I hope you’ll find this post as interesting as I did. On Co-Writing a Novel When my good friend, David...
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Prompt Time Friday February 17th
Lately I’ve been working on a lot of background stuff for Moonshadow’s Guardian, also known as my Novel of a Thousand Drafts. I’ve had a lot of fun exploring characters’ pasts and writing pieces in...
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Remembering to Write for Yourself
Many of us dream of writing for a living. Some of us have gotten paid for our work before, some of us haven’t. Some of us write during our day jobs. Others are lucky enough to have writing as their day...
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Market Listing August 10th
Since I’ve spent the last the weeks on a non-fiction kick, and more importantly since my entire database of markets was wiped off my computer, this week’s markets are all for fiction. Today’s markets...
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Balancing Fiction and Non-Fiction
While I’ve been blogging for years, over the last year or so I’ve become more focused on non-fiction than ever before. This is not because I’ve found some new passion for it. It’s because it’s easier...
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Fiction or non-fiction?
I’m always on a quest to get to know my readers better, so today I’d like to hear from you: Do you read primarily fiction or non-fiction? Which do you prefer reading? Which do you prefer to write?...
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Author Interview: Meggan Connors
Today’s guest is Meggan Connors, author of Jessie’s War. I’d tell you about it but I think she can do a better job. 1. Can you tell us a bit about your book, Jessie’s War? Jessie’s War is a western...
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