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Past Mistakes – A Prescott Novel Excerpt

Photo Credit: Samuelviana I am working hard on the edits. Can you believe I lost half of my novel yesterday? It’s hard for some writers to remember that no matter the name, Anne Rice, Stephen King, or Dean Koontz, all novels start out on paper. Whether it is parchment and quill(old school) or a word document (our [...]

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Past Mistakes Novel Progress Update

Photo Credit: DreamGlow It can be  hard for a writer to balance writing, editing, marketing, advertising and still maintain a relationship with the readers. The relationship with the readers is the enjoyable part, as is the writing, but the stuff in between can seem endless and frustrating. I am happy to say I am having a lot [...]

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Friday Five – Rant on Five Irritating Things

Photo Credit:  Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos Whether it is someone ‘moving your cheese’ or leaving only a quarter of a glass of milk in the refrigerator, we all have those little strokes that get us steamed. It could be the smallest thing but it gets us irritated big time. I thought it would be entertaining to [...]

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How to Find a Topic To Write About

Photo Credit: Christophe Verdier This is the most difficult part of writing for me. Once I have a topic, I just let my fingers fly and I worry about editing it down when it comes time. But you have to know what to write about. You have to have that topic, that interest, that idea that just [...]

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Catch Your Breath and Just Breathe

Photo Credit: Aoru This is an easy word to get mixed up for some. They both mean to take oxygen into your lungs but they are very different in how they sound and read. Here is an quick and easy tip that will have you on-track with usage and spelling. When you see the word ‘Breathe’ just remember [...]

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Choose an Introduction to a Story

Posted on 04 November 2009

Photo Credit: the trial ‘How do you choose an introduction for your stories?’ I actually get this question a lot. I do think your introduction has to be strong. This is what may make or break your reader’s decision to walk out of a store with your book. I always go by one rule for my stories. [...] Continue Reading

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NaNoWriMo 2009

Desktop Background For NaNoWriMo!

Posted on 03 November 2009

I haven’t done my word count for the day yet. I am procrastinating. But wait, I was procrastinating for YOU! This will be fun. Whenever I get distracted, or procrastinate or just go off and wander, I get creative. The noggin is still working, it’s just workin’ on something else. What did I make for you? [...] Continue Reading

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Writing Process – Hesitate

Posted on 27 October 2009

Photo Credit: Margo C Some ask about my writing process. (Who am I kidding, no one asked me anything about my writing process. But I need a topic and this sounds like a good, fun one. So let’s figure this out.) Here I will talk about my writing process, why my writing process is the way [...] Continue Reading

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The Making Of

Dedicated Readers Contest

Posted on 22 October 2009

Dedicated Readers Contest! WIN a FREE copy of the Past Mistakes series! Do you love to read? Do you like science-fiction? Dragons? Magic and Time-travel? Then you would LOVE the upcoming series ‘Past Mistakes’ by Karisha Prescott! Would you like to get the series ‘Past Mistakes’ for FREE?! Well, now you can! How? We are looking for 20 Lucky Dedicated Readers, like YOU! 20 [...] Continue Reading

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Writing Tips

Author Issue with Google Wave

Posted on 21 October 2009

The one thing I don’t like so far about writing in Google Wave is the formatting. If you are trying to copy-paste your writing into a wave…good luck! I attempted this and was disappointed. (changes are made everyday, I will update if this becomes easier/fixed) It seemed every other word was crammed together. Here is [...] Continue Reading

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The Structure of Collaboration

Posted on 14 October 2009

A majority of waves use straight-line comments to collaborate and interact in Wave. While it is understandable that most will not know all the features of Wave in the first two weeks, it is about time we take a look at a great way to keep wave’s clean and the conversation flowing. This is also a [...] Continue Reading

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