The Holiday Newsletter
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End of NaNoWriMo
For all those who wrote this November 2022, congratulations! If you made it to 50K words, you are an official…
NaNoWriMo Inspirations
It’s National Novel Writing Month! Goal: write a 50K word novel in a month. November is half over! But no…
9 Tips for Writing a First Draft Novel
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Book Review: The Woman In The Library
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BOOK REVIEW: Perfect on Paper
Book Review: PERFECT ON PAPER by Sophie Gonzales. St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 2021. Read & reviewed by Jane Mack, September…
Book Review: Agent Running In the Field
Book Review: AGENT RUNNING IN THE FIELD by John le Carré. Penguin Random House LLC, 2019. Read & reviewed by…
3 Easy Ways to Amp Up the Romance in Your Writing
Photo by Blair Vermette. 3 EASY WAYS TO AMP UP THE ROMANCE IN YOUR WRITING Romance touches our hearts. It…
Book Review: Sunflowers Under Fire
SUNFLOWERS UNDER FIRE by Diana Stevan. Island House Publishing, 2019. Read & reviewed by Jane Mack, August 2022. This family…