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What Happened When My Characters Hijacked My Novel

I write emotional family mysteries, the sort of fiction where the characters suffer through freakin' horrible crises:

The 5 Worst Things a Writer Can Say

This past week, I launched my fifth novel, Chance Harbor, provoking a friend to exclaim, “Wow, you're popping out books like Tic Tacs,

How to Love the One You’re With (Even If It’s a Manuscript): Four Tips that Really Work

For many writers, word count is everything. Me, not so much. At the start of every manuscript, I might write 2,000 words one day, only to decide that