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It’s All in the Voice CONTEST

Posted by on May 13, 2013 in Contests & Hops | 30 comments

We’ve learned about the differences between author voice (HERE) and then character voice (HERE), now it’s time to check yours out! Have you been rejected by agents or editors, or even been told by your crit partners that your novel’s voice isn’t up to snuff? Now’s your chance to get loads of FREE feedback on your pages! WHAT:  A blog hop for feedback on your opening 250 words, and then a contest! Post your opening 250 words to your blogs, hop around and give...

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It’s All in the Voice (Part 2 of 2) + A Contest!

Posted by on May 10, 2013 in Contests & Hops, Writing Tips | 0 comments

In Part 1, we talked about author voice and how to peel away layers of our identity to get to the juicy stuff–the unique voice in all of us. Today we’ll tackle character voice. So how do we make our protagonist’s voice grab our readers by the throat?  We mold and shape their voice through their… Words What your characters say, the expressions they use, differentiates them from others. JUST LIKE IN REAL LIFE. I’m a thirty-something, middle class woman. How I speak is vastly...

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Author Erika Robuck & CALL ME ZELDA

Posted by on May 6, 2013 in Author Interviews | 5 comments

I’m so excited to welcome Erika Robuck back to Between the Sheets. This week her latest novel, CALL ME ZELDA, releases to much anticipation. It has already been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harper’s Bazaar, and Glamour Magazine. I’ve been waiting for this book to release since I turned the last page of HEMINGWAY’S GIRL!   Zelda Fitzgerald seems to be zeigeist! She’s in the air and all around us. What makes your view of her unique? My view of Zelda is...

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Cover Reveal! SLEEPER by S.M. Johnston

Posted by on May 3, 2013 in Author Interviews | 0 comments

  I’m excited to reveal S.M. Johnston’s crazy-cool cover of her new adult speculative novel SLEEPER! It releases from Entranced Publishing, December 2, 2013. About the Book: After a life-saving heart transplant, eighteen-year-old Mishca Richardson is plagued by nightmares and an urgent desire to find her birth parents, which she puts down to post-operation depression. But her new heart seems to bring more than a second chance at life in the form of speed, strength, and love at...

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Ask #PubLaw! Copyright vs. Trademark–Do Authors Need to Register Both?

Posted by on May 1, 2013 in Author Interviews, Writing Tips | 3 comments

I’m psyched to announce a new program called #PubLaw! Every Wednesday for the duration of the summer, Susan Spann, author of CLAWS OF THE CAT and publishing lawyer, will break down our burning questions about author contracts—both indie and traditional—and other highly HELPFUL information authors need to know to survive the ever-shifting waters of the publishing world. We WANT to hear from you!! Please leave any legal publishing questions you have in the comments and Susan...

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Frenchie Friday: Meals by Class Aboard 1920’s Oceanliners

Posted by on Apr 26, 2013 in Author Interviews, Foodie Advice, Frenchie Fridays | 10 comments

For Frenchie Friday and Beth Fish’s #WeekendCooking, Dana Gynther, author of CROSSING ON THE PARIS (Titanic meets Downton Abbey), talks about all that food aboard the oceanliner in her novel. Take it away, Dana! ONE OF THE DELIGHTS of writing “Crossing on the Paris,”  set on a French Line ocean liner in 1921, was imagining the passengers’ meals.  I confess, I spent far more time than was necessary researching antique steamer menus for sale on Ebay, from handwritten ones from the...

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