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2023 Gifts for Writers
It’s that time of year again–Holiday Gifting Season! My theme for 2023 is Care and Nurturing of Creativity. Sometimes that care looks like alone time and sometimes it looks like time spent with friends and family. At it’s core, nurturing creativity is whatever makes you feel good inside and out. And let me preface this…
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October is NaNoWriMo Prep-Month!
So. You want to write a novel this November. Awesome! Amazing! Do it! A mystery novel needs to be around 75K – 90K words. (Other genres have different word count ranges.) Agents are pretty specific about word counts and I’ve known some agents who have rejected a book without reading it because it was below…
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Back from Bouchercon!
Bouchercon is like a sprint and a marathon all in one. This year’s B-Con was in San Diego, a dream location for a book conference. (Who doesn’t like taking books to the beach??) I just got back on Monday. Well, technically Tuesday morning because it was just beyond midnight when I hauled my carcass through…
Mindy Carlson 