tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76789239966985765742024-03-17T04:15:44.997-05:00Amy J RomineSuspense for the Romantic HeartAmy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comBlogger360125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-11419689096161059132023-04-25T09:06:00.019-05:002023-04-25T09:06:00.144-05:00Master the Art of Romantic Suspense Writing: 7 Actions You Need to Take Today<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixR6JKvD220Wq3AYNZ6eRm2M27KBnLj40Zmml-WTRF5X51Hl0Eg9AaeB9TB7ZQCrIPbTY3XuiziKBmTxmw61drB8SVK61jnsuiB9Syc6Z4ycw4_eiF6eDpHXy-b2i6jpiuykOlUCEPKX-xytWx5I2j_E_uSPWWRdBQA18tIzYc9J_A3HNzGXehxACp/s1080/Invested.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixR6JKvD220Wq3AYNZ6eRm2M27KBnLj40Zmml-WTRF5X51Hl0Eg9AaeB9TB7ZQCrIPbTY3XuiziKBmTxmw61drB8SVK61jnsuiB9Syc6Z4ycw4_eiF6eDpHXy-b2i6jpiuykOlUCEPKX-xytWx5I2j_E_uSPWWRdBQA18tIzYc9J_A3HNzGXehxACp/w233-h233/Invested.png" width="233" /></a></b></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">Introduction</span></span></h2><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Writing romantic suspense is an art that requires balancing the thrills of suspense with the emotional depth of romance. To create compelling stories that captivate readers, authors must continually hone their craft. In this article, we'll explore seven actions romantic suspense writers can take today to improve their writing and deliver unforgettable stories.</span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Read Widely in the Genre</span></h4><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">The best way to understand the nuances of romantic suspense is to read extensively in the genre. Familiarize yourself with the works of both classic and contemporary authors to gain insight into different styles, themes, and techniques. Analyze what works, what doesn't, and take note of unique elements that make certain stories stand out. By doing so, you'll expand your understanding of the genre and become better equipped to create your own captivating tales.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Develop Strong, Multifaceted Characters</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">Characters are the heart and soul of any story, especially in romantic suspense. Take the time to develop well-rounded, multidimensional characters with distinct personalities, motivations, and conflicts. By creating complex characters, you'll not only establish a strong emotional connection with your readers but also provide a solid foundation for both the romance and suspense elements of your story.</span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Focus on Pacing</b></span></h4><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">In romantic suspense, maintaining a steady pace is crucial. Too slow, and you risk losing your reader's interest; too fast, and you might leave them feeling overwhelmed. To strike the right balance, map out your story's key events, making sure to intersperse moments of tension and suspense with quieter, emotionally charged scenes. This will help you maintain momentum while allowing your characters and their relationships to develop naturally.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Master the Art of Suspense</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">Creating suspense is a vital skill for any romantic suspense writer. To keep your readers on the edge of their seats, make sure to include unexpected twists and turns, gradually build tension, and withhold key information until the most opportune moment. Remember that suspense is not just about shocking revelations; it's also about creating a sense of anticipation and uncertainty that keeps readers engaged and invested in your story.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Deepen the Emotional Connection</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">The romance in your story should be just as compelling as the suspense. To create a deep emotional connection between your characters and your readers, explore their desires, fears, and vulnerabilities. Show how their relationship evolves and grows over time, and use intimate, emotionally charged moments to draw your readers further into their world. The more invested your readers are in your characters' relationship, the more they will care about the outcome of the suspenseful plot.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Seek Feedback and Edit Ruthlessly</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">No writer can improve without honest, constructive feedback. Share your work with beta readers, critique partners, or writing groups to gain valuable insights into your story's strengths and weaknesses. Be open to criticism and willing to make revisions, even if it means cutting cherished scenes or reworking entire plotlines. Remember that the editing process is an essential part of refining your story and elevating your writing.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;"><b>Stay Persistent and Keep Writing</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">Improving your writing is an ongoing process, and the best way to grow as a writer is simply to keep writing. Set aside time each day to work on your current project, start a new story, or practice different techniques. The more you write, the more you'll learn about yourself as a writer and develop your own unique voice.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Conclusion</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">By taking these actions, romantic suspense writers can elevate their craft and create stories that captivate and engage their readers. From reading widely in the genre to seeking feedback and staying persistent, each step in the process will help authors refine their skills and deliver unforgettable romantic suspense stories that leave their readers wanting more.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;">Amy Romine & </span></a><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;">Clear Dreams Author Coaching</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face="Abadi, sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: verdana;">Are you tired of feeling stuck in your writing journey? 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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-15173204622709273472023-04-24T10:47:00.001-05:002023-04-24T10:47:00.199-05:00Riveting Romantic Suspense : The Art of Creating Emotional Connection between Characters and Your Ideal Reader<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo7_lU6vKvJK0phf4_EBh4YP_reiSaPuoMAiFAM7ZMF4qUTH-e_PXUFn2Ip8GlU6NfqqjSIWXDGF9xcAljtNdlA-gGBFSoZPepJymG1dLUpmJOlXrgitFaL1T9xadYBJ2gWaJH6uvtSZGMD8D8_Oj8nU7RK35ytwynMvkhnNeokUJYatSYMyblW02/s1080/Invested.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo7_lU6vKvJK0phf4_EBh4YP_reiSaPuoMAiFAM7ZMF4qUTH-e_PXUFn2Ip8GlU6NfqqjSIWXDGF9xcAljtNdlA-gGBFSoZPepJymG1dLUpmJOlXrgitFaL1T9xadYBJ2gWaJH6uvtSZGMD8D8_Oj8nU7RK35ytwynMvkhnNeokUJYatSYMyblW02/s320/Invested.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Creating a powerful emotional connection between characters and your ideal reader is essential to crafting a riveting romantic suspense novel. As a coach for romantic suspense authors, I often see writers struggling with this crucial element of storytelling. Here are some tips to help you create an emotional connection that keeps readers invested in your characters and their journey.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: verdana;">Develop Well-Rounded Characters</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Characters should be multi-dimensional, with unique personalities, motivations, and backgrounds. Flesh out their hopes and dreams, fears and insecurities, and flaws and strengths. This will make them feel like real people that readers can relate to. Consider their past experiences and how they have shaped them into the person they are today. Use these details to create a deep emotional backstory that readers can connect with.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Use Dialogue to Reveal Character</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dialogue is a powerful tool for revealing character traits, motivations, and emotions. Use it to show how characters interact with each other and the world around them. Use dialogue to build tension, reveal secrets, and deepen relationships. Make sure the dialogue feels natural and authentic to the characters, and avoid using it solely as a way to convey information to the reader.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Show, Don't Tell</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Avoid simply telling readers how characters feel or what they think. Instead, show their emotions through their actions and reactions. Use body language, facial expressions, and other physical cues to convey emotion. This will make the emotions feel more real and relatable to the reader.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Build Tension</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tension is key to keeping readers engaged in a romantic suspense novel. Use conflict, obstacles, and challenges to build tension and keep the stakes high. Make readers care about what happens to the characters and what they stand to lose. Build tension slowly over time, increasing the stakes as the story progresses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Create Relatable Conflicts</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Conflicts should be relatable and realistic, with emotional depth and complexity. Explore universal themes such as love, trust, betrayal, and redemption. Avoid clichéd or contrived conflicts that feel artificial. Instead, focus on conflicts that feel genuine to the characters and their experiences.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Use Sensory Details</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sensory details can help readers immerse themselves in the world of the novel and feel what the characters are feeling. Use description to paint a vivid picture of the setting, characters, and events. Engage the reader's senses by describing the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of the story.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Allow Characters to Grow and Change</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Characters should experience growth and change throughout the novel, overcoming obstacles and learning important lessons. This will make them feel more dynamic and realistic. Allow the characters to make mistakes and learn from them, and give them the space to develop and evolve over time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In conclusion, creating an emotional connection between characters and your ideal reader is essential to crafting a riveting romantic suspense novel. By developing well-rounded characters, using dialogue and sensory details, building tension, and creating relatable conflicts, authors can create a powerful emotional bond that keeps readers invested in the story until the very end. As a coach for romantic suspense authors, I encourage you to focus on these elements of storytelling and to strive for deep emotional connections that resonate with your readers.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><b>Amy Romine & </b></span></a><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><b>Clear Dreams Author Coaching</b></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><b><br /></b></span></a></span><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face="Abadi, sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; font-family: verdana;">Are you tired of feeling stuck in your writing journey? 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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-67763470829369328862023-04-19T12:17:00.001-05:002023-04-19T12:17:00.169-05:00Empowering Your Writing Community: Navigating Censorship and Supporting Fellow Writers with Reviews<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">In today's social media-driven world, reviews and recommendations play a significant role in a writer's success. However, in a censorship-laden atmosphere, supporting other writers with reviews can be challenging, especially if you want to avoid damaging your own reputation. </span></span></p><h4 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;"><blockquote>As bestselling author Neil Gaiman said, "A book is a dream that you hold in your hand." Support other writers by helping them bring their dreams to life through thoughtful and meaningful reviews.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0KXDkKS5_50WgMNsly9TU0X8h_6G1DryQLW3togy1OeVZMbqkMa3f5fhlAz8blMs-omA77lU60UXn2r8UrA4YFDNyu0zkYEVl1NuKPLsmlG_7Vula6mtpxGve15qKw6Mkg4Zcs_TNgqD1Q2uR29dfKOMdT16jDixegkpvAAh0VKqtplthaPi6VXw/s1080/Focus,%20Breath,%20Create..png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0KXDkKS5_50WgMNsly9TU0X8h_6G1DryQLW3togy1OeVZMbqkMa3f5fhlAz8blMs-omA77lU60UXn2r8UrA4YFDNyu0zkYEVl1NuKPLsmlG_7Vula6mtpxGve15qKw6Mkg4Zcs_TNgqD1Q2uR29dfKOMdT16jDixegkpvAAh0VKqtplthaPi6VXw/s320/Focus,%20Breath,%20Create..png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">Here are some tips for supporting other writers in a responsible and respectful manner:</span></h2></span></h4><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Be Honest: When writing a review, be honest about your thoughts and feelings about the book. If you didn't enjoy it, explain why, but avoid being negative or harsh.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Be Respectful: Avoid using language that is inflammatory or offensive. Keep your review professional and avoid personal attacks on the author.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Avoid Spoilers: If you're writing a review, avoid revealing key plot points or spoilers that could negatively impact the reader's experience.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Stay within the Guidelines: Make sure you're aware of the guidelines for reviews on the platform you're using. Avoid posting reviews that violate these guidelines as it could result in your review being removed or your account being banned.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Disclose Relationships: If you have a personal or professional relationship with the author, disclose this in your review. This will help to avoid any potential conflicts of interest and maintain the integrity of your review.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Be Specific: When writing a review, be specific about what you liked or didn't like about the book. This will help the author understand your perspective and also be helpful for readers who are considering purchasing the book.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">Offer Constructive Feedback: If you have suggestions for improvement, offer them in a constructive and helpful manner. Focus on what could be done differently, rather than what's wrong with the book.</span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px;">In conclusion, supporting other writers with reviews can be a great way to help them succeed and promote your own writing. By being honest, respectful, avoiding spoilers, staying within the guidelines, disclosing relationships, being specific, and offering constructive feedback, you can support other writers while also protecting your own reputation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;">Amy Romine & </span></a><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;">Clear Dreams Author Coaching</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span face="Abadi, sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0;">Are you tired of feeling stuck in your writing journey? 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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comValley Park, OK 74017, USA36.4143538 -95.58273348.1041199638211552 -130.7389834 64.724587636178853 -60.426483399999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-86951111893111017582023-04-18T12:17:00.009-05:002023-04-18T12:17:00.180-05:00The Art of Crafting Romantic Suspense: Navigating the Reality and Passion Required for Success<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; font-size: 18.6667px; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></a><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><a name="_MailAutoSig"></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: center;"><a name="_MailAutoSig"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ND3qzltoPArqcjpIHOOY936_oEucx77KXCcWZWkmlLvZdsP8J324LpxoAXmGtS0wPe_9CY8GVVWZgFtjG0RnbLkXlpspgb7fsK6I-wfI8M85c15G02uP2lh5Hx0pfTebgvFXDJRJOyZ7iSHL13MJ3EQDSuK2D6rTbS80iTuy13BQMrT4BJE1USJs/s1080/Romance%20and%20Suspense.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ND3qzltoPArqcjpIHOOY936_oEucx77KXCcWZWkmlLvZdsP8J324LpxoAXmGtS0wPe_9CY8GVVWZgFtjG0RnbLkXlpspgb7fsK6I-wfI8M85c15G02uP2lh5Hx0pfTebgvFXDJRJOyZ7iSHL13MJ3EQDSuK2D6rTbS80iTuy13BQMrT4BJE1USJs/w200-h200/Romance%20and%20Suspense.png" width="200" /></a></div><h3><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Writing romantic suspense can be an incredibly rewarding and exciting experience, but it's not without its challenges. To succeed as a writer in this genre, you'll need a combination of creativity, passion, and discipline. In this article, we'll explore some of the key elements of writing romantic suspense and what it takes to succeed.</span></h3><div><h3><br /></h3><h3>What is Romantic Suspense? </h3>Romantic suspense is a genre that blends elements of romance and suspense. It's characterized by a focus on a romantic relationship that is threatened by external factors, such as a mystery, danger, or conflict. The tension created by these external factors is what drives the story forward, creating a sense of urgency and excitement.</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><h4 style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: justify;">Elements of Romantic Suspense </h4></span></a><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline;">If you're interested in writing romantic suspense, there are several key elements you'll need to consider. These include: </div></span></div></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline;"><br /></div></span></div></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: justify;"><u>Character development</u>: Like any good story, romantic suspense relies on well-developed and believable characters. Your protagonists should be complex and multi-dimensional, with strengths, weaknesses, and motivations that drive the plot.</div></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A compelling plot: The plot of your story should be engaging and suspenseful, with enough twists and turns to keep readers on the edge of their seats. It should be well-paced, with moments of tension and excitement that build towards a satisfying climax.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>A clear theme</u>: Romantic suspense stories often explore themes of love, trust, and betrayal. It's important to have a clear understanding of the theme of your story, as this will guide your writing and help you stay focused on the central conflict.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>Authentic dialogue</u>: Dialogue is an important element of romantic suspense, as it can reveal character traits, build tension, and move the plot forward. Your dialogue should be authentic and believable, reflecting the personalities of your characters and their unique ways of speaking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>Attention to detail</u>: Romantic suspense stories often involve mysteries or investigations, so it's important to pay close attention to the details of your plot. You'll need to do your research and ensure that the events in your story are plausible and consistent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Reality of Writing Romantic Suspense Fiction</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: justify;">While writing romantic suspense can be an exciting and rewarding experience, it's important to acknowledge the challenges involved. Here are some of the realities of writing in this genre:</div></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>It requires discipline</u>: Writing a novel is a long and often solitary process. To succeed, you'll need to be disciplined and dedicated, setting aside regular time to write and staying focused on your goals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>It takes time</u>: Writing a novel is a marathon, not a sprint. It can take months or even years to complete a draft, and even longer to revise and edit it. It's important to be patient and persistent, and to keep your eye on the finish line.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>It requires risk-taking</u>: Writing a novel is a creative endeavor, and that means taking risks. You'll need to be willing to take chances with your plot, characters, and dialogue, even if it means taking your story in a new and unexpected direction.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>It can be emotionally challenging</u>: Writing about relationships and emotions can be emotionally challenging, and it's important to take care of yourself as you write. Make sure to take breaks, seek support from friends and family, and engage in self-care activities that help you stay balanced.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>It requires perseverance</u>: Writing is a competitive industry, and it can be difficult to break in. It's important to stay positive and persevere, even in the face of rejection or criticism. Keep honing your craft, seeking feedback, and never give up on your dreams.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><h4 style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: justify;"><br /></h4></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><h4 style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: justify;">The Drive Needed to Succeed</h4></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: justify;">To succeed as a writer in the romantic suspense genre, you'll need a combination of creativity, passion, and drive. Here are some tips for cultivating the drive you need to succeed:</div></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>Set clear goals</u>: Having clear goals can help you <a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #666666; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; display: inline; text-align: justify;">stay motivated and focused. Set specific, measurable goals for your writing, such as completing a certain number of pages or chapters per day, or submitting your work to a certain number of agents or publishers per month.</div></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>Find inspiration</u>: Surround yourself with inspiration, whether it's books in your genre, movies, music, or nature. Inspiration can help you stay energized and motivated as you write.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>Build a supportive network</u>: Writing can be a solitary activity, but having a supportive network can help you stay motivated and accountable. Join a writing group or find a writing partner who can offer feedback and support as you write.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>Take care of yourself</u>: Writing can be emotionally and physically draining, so it's important to take care of yourself. Make sure to eat well, exercise regularly, get enough sleep, and take breaks when you need them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>Embrace failure</u>: Failure is a natural part of the writing process, and it's important to embrace it as a learning opportunity. Use feedback and criticism to improve your writing, and don't let rejection or setbacks discourage you from pursuing your dreams.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><u>Celebrate success</u>: Celebrate your successes, no matter how small. Whether it's completing a chapter, receiving positive feedback, or signing with an agent or publisher, take the time to acknowledge your achievements and feel proud of your hard work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In conclusion, writing romantic suspense can be an exciting and rewarding experience, but it requires discipline, perseverance, and drive. By setting clear goals, finding inspiration, building a supportive network, taking care of yourself, embracing failure, and celebrating success, you can cultivate the drive you need to succeed as a writer in this genre. Remember, the road to success may be long and challenging, but with passion, dedication, and hard work, anything is possible.</div></span></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;">Amy Romine & </span></a><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;">Clear Dreams Author Coaching</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face="Abadi, sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0;">Are you tired of feeling stuck in your writing journey? 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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-77635928746679256172023-04-17T12:17:00.001-05:002023-04-17T12:17:00.172-05:00Self-Publishing Revolution: How Authors Can Succeed in a Competitive Market<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">According to a recent report by Bowker, self-published titles have increased by 40% in the last year alone. "We are seeing an acceleration in the number of self-published books in the market," says Beat Barblan, Director of Identifier Services at Bowker. </span></span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; text-align: left;">"The ease of self-publishing and the fact that it is an increasingly accepted practice is drawing more authors to the self-publishing route."</span></span></h3><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dFMIPoLyVZmTpqEKnfu18Oq6W-gFKCIfkDAtOlZIOpH4ZMoeNDdUla0O-oXwGYKX0wjXfy-t1K2-JUVTC1QGD8DQG3EibDh5n1roWcD1hxy37I0bqbCdgwaX3KuuQkz8AGbZUMQkT7MtoxDf07k758s7S5KERYASfvjdyrMHXVoIBO6PX1ns9_Sa/s1080/Ready,%20Set,%20Create..png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; float: right; font-size: 18.6667px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4dFMIPoLyVZmTpqEKnfu18Oq6W-gFKCIfkDAtOlZIOpH4ZMoeNDdUla0O-oXwGYKX0wjXfy-t1K2-JUVTC1QGD8DQG3EibDh5n1roWcD1hxy37I0bqbCdgwaX3KuuQkz8AGbZUMQkT7MtoxDf07k758s7S5KERYASfvjdyrMHXVoIBO6PX1ns9_Sa/w320-h320/Ready,%20Set,%20Create..png" title="Clear Dreams Author Coaching" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">However, with the boom in self-publishing comes increased competition, making it challenging for authors to rise above the noise and sell their books. In this article, we explore practical strategies that authors can use to succeed in the self-publishing market, including building a strong author platform, leveraging social media, and mastering book promotion techniques. With the right mindset and tools, any author can thrive in the fast-growing world of self-publishing.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">In recent years, self-publishing has experienced a significant boom, thanks in part to advancements in technology and the increasing accessibility of the publishing industry. While this has created a more level playing field for writers, it has also led to an increase in competition, making it harder for writers to stand out and sell books.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">However, regardless of publishing type, there are ways for writers to rise above the noise and sell their books. </span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">Here are some tips:</span></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><u>Focus on Quality</u>: Quality is key when it comes to self-publishing. Make sure that your book is well-written, edited, and formatted before you publish it. This will help you stand out and build a reputation as a quality author.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><u>Build an Author Platform</u>: Building an author platform, including a website, social media presence, and mailing list, is critical for self-published authors. This allows you to connect with your readers and market your book effectively.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><u>Know Your Target Audience</u>: Understanding your target audience and what they're looking for in a book is essential for selling books. Conduct market research, join writing groups, and attend book festivals to get a better understanding of your target audience.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><u>Network with Other Authors:</u> Networking with other authors and industry professionals can help you build relationships and gain exposure for your book. Consider attending writing conferences, joining author organizations, and participating in online writing communities.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><u>Invest in Marketing: </u>Marketing your book is essential, regardless of publishing type. Invest in professional book cover design, social media advertising, and book launches to promote your book and reach a wider audience.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><u>Utilize Online Bookstores:</u> Online bookstores, such as Amazon, are a great way to reach a wider audience and sell books. Consider using online bookstores as part of your marketing strategy and make sure your book is optimized for search engines.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><u>Stay Active and Engaged:</u> Finally, stay active and engaged with your readers. Respond to reviews, participate in book clubs, and offer promotions and discounts to keep your readers interested and engaged.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b>In conclusion</b>, self-publishing has created a more level playing field for writers, but it has also led to an increase in competition. However, by focusing on quality, building an author platform, understanding your target audience, networking with other authors, investing in marketing, utilizing online bookstores, and staying active and engaged, writers can rise above the noise and sell their books, regardless of publishing type.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span style="color: #666666;">As bestselling author J.K. Rowling said, "It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default." Don't be afraid to take risks and embrace the challenges of self-publishing. With hard work and persistence, you can achieve success as a self-published author.</span></span></p><div>~</div><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;">Amy Romine & </span></a><a name="_MailAutoSig"><span face=""Abadi",sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-no-proof: yes;">Clear Dreams Author Coaching</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig" style="font-size: 18.6667px;"><span face="Abadi, sans-serif" style="color: #7030a0;">Are you tired of feeling stuck in your writing journey? 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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comClaremore, OK, USA36.3125963 -95.616098.0023624638211572 -130.77233999999999 64.622830136178848 -60.45984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-14121172210699668882023-04-14T00:20:00.003-05:002023-04-14T13:33:09.830-05:00Overcoming Writer's Block: Strategies for Tackling the Mental Roadblocks That Keep You Stuck<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">As a writer, there's nothing more frustrating than staring at a blank page, unable to find the words to express what's in your head. Writer's block can feel like an insurmountable obstacle, one that's impossible to overcome. But the truth is, writer's block is a mental roadblock, and with the right mindset and strategies, you can break through it and get back to writing with ease.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUgUsrMeCPLhnZsicSvKU5LsrZRriADhFbYJwwIDwjp1h3I2UCdQ2o7ONrR0VrYw7r1UnvG-ydmBmNNSTaOOje0a7WSwO0JMLhL5y1lGUqtEWL5AKgP5DfrJILrz-z5WC7pgI-HHSHa0lW5kWWoFMe36rP9Ytpkvjb6jFvOr7ZcJRhGwF5DSqUxYc/s1080/Add%20a%20heading.jpg" style="clear: right; display: inline; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUgUsrMeCPLhnZsicSvKU5LsrZRriADhFbYJwwIDwjp1h3I2UCdQ2o7ONrR0VrYw7r1UnvG-ydmBmNNSTaOOje0a7WSwO0JMLhL5y1lGUqtEWL5AKgP5DfrJILrz-z5WC7pgI-HHSHa0lW5kWWoFMe36rP9Ytpkvjb6jFvOr7ZcJRhGwF5DSqUxYc/s320/Add%20a%20heading.jpg" width="320" /></a><span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first step in overcoming writer's block is recognizing it's not a physical barrier, </span></span></span><span><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">but rather a mental one. Often, writer's block is caused by negative self-talk or limiting beliefs about our writing ability. We may tell ourselves that our writing isn't good enough, or that we're not talented enough to be successful. These beliefs can be incredibly limiting, and they can prevent us from tapping into our full potential.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">One strategy for overcoming these mental roadblocks is to practice positive self-talk. Instead of focusing on the negative thoughts and beliefs that are holding you back, try to reframe them into more positive, empowering statements. For example, instead of telling yourself, "I'm not a good writer," try saying, "I am a talented writer, and my work has value." By shifting your mindset in this way, you can start to build confidence in your writing ability and overcome the mental barriers that are holding you back.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Another strategy for overcoming writer's block is to practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present and engaged in the current moment, without judgment or distraction. When we're in a state of mindfulness, we're better able to focus our attention and let go of the negative thoughts and beliefs that are keeping us stuck.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">To practice mindfulness as a writer, try setting aside dedicated writing time and eliminating all distractions. Focus on the present moment, and let go of any worries or concerns about the past or future. By practicing mindfulness in this way, you can clear your mind and create a more conducive environment for writing.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Another powerful tool for overcoming writer's block is to tap into your creativity through visualization. Visualization is the practice of mentally imagining a desired outcome, and it can be a powerful tool for writers who are feeling stuck. Take a few moments to visualize yourself writing effortlessly, with words flowing onto the page without effort or strain. By visualizing this outcome, you can create a mental blueprint for success and overcome the mental barriers that are holding you back.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">Finally, it's important to remember that writer's block is a natural part of the writing process, and that it's okay to take breaks and step away from your work when you're feeling stuck. Sometimes, a change of scenery or a brief break can help to clear your mind and spark new ideas. Don't be afraid to take a walk, meditate, or engage in another activity that brings you joy and helps to refresh your mind.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: verdana;">In conclusion, writer's block is a mental roadblock that can be overcome with the right mindset and strategies. By practicing positive self-talk, mindfulness, visualization, and taking breaks when needed, you can break through the mental barriers that are holding you back and tap into your full potential as a writer. 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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-741271952138052072023-04-07T10:21:00.001-05:002023-04-10T10:25:05.971-05:00Unleashing the Power of Tension and Conflict: Crafting a Gripping Romantic Suspense Novel<div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><p class="MsoNormal"><br />Romantic suspense novels are a thrilling combination of
romance and suspense that can captivate readers from the first page until the
last. One of the key elements that make these novels so compelling is the
creation of tension and conflict that keeps the reader invested in the story.
In this article, we'll explore some tips and techniques for creating a sense of
tension and conflict in your romantic suspense novel that will keep your
readers on the edge of their seats.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZ6hAv50MznQkxQafykF2XMuKLqMIkJo3CTaeZrip-Ca2z894bmbJoqbS2JvI5HZThWWKZlJjHUD06-rNqTvSJaGSL4VBop9DA52Hn5DWZaC5A7vDZoFFGBpgScfJOyxuUGqs_7wTccO6Lqg-BX-v4_ILqw39SBZwfRkrynczV8Qdedn9W1KwUTuC/s300/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZ6hAv50MznQkxQafykF2XMuKLqMIkJo3CTaeZrip-Ca2z894bmbJoqbS2JvI5HZThWWKZlJjHUD06-rNqTvSJaGSL4VBop9DA52Hn5DWZaC5A7vDZoFFGBpgScfJOyxuUGqs_7wTccO6Lqg-BX-v4_ILqw39SBZwfRkrynczV8Qdedn9W1KwUTuC/s1600/download.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b>Start with a strong hook</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The opening of your romantic suspense novel should grab the
reader's attention and pull them into the story immediately. A strong hook can
be a dramatic event, an intriguing mystery, or a character in an unexpected
situation. Whatever it is, make sure it sets the tone for the tension and
conflict that will follow.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b>Develop your characters</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Your readers will become invested in your story if they care
about the characters involved. Develop your characters fully, giving them
distinct personalities, strengths, and weaknesses. Create tension by giving
them conflicting goals or desires and explore their motivations and
backstories. The more the reader understands and cares about the characters,
the more invested they will be in the conflicts and challenges they face.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoIntenseQuote" style="margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .25in; margin: 0.25in 0in;">“Weave the romance and crime together. The stories
should be intertwined so closely that one doesn’t exist without the other.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Use pacing to create tension<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pacing is a crucial element in any suspenseful story. Vary
the pace of your scenes to create tension, alternating between slow,
contemplative scenes and fast-paced action scenes. Slow scenes can build
anticipation, while action scenes provide an adrenaline rush. Use cliffhangers
at the end of chapters or scenes to keep readers turning the pages.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><i>Example* Samantha sat in the dimly lit room, her heart
racing as she waited for her captor to return. She tried to steady her
breathing, but her nerves were shot. She knew she had to get out of there before
it was too late.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>As the minutes ticked by, Samantha's anxiety continued to
build. The silence in the room was oppressive, broken only by the occasional
creak of the floorboards. She could feel her heart pounding in her chest, and
she wondered if her captor could hear it too.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Just as Samantha thought she couldn't take the tension
any longer, she heard footsteps approaching the door. Her stomach clenched in
fear, and she wondered what was going to happen next. The footsteps grew louder
and louder, until they stopped just outside the door.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>In this example, the slow pacing and attention to detail
build tension and create a sense of unease. The reader is drawn into Samantha's
experience, feeling her fear and anxiety as she waits for her captor to return.
The use of short sentences and choppy sentence structure adds to the sense of
urgency, making the reader feel like something is about to happen. By the end
of the scene, the tension has reached its peak, leaving the reader eager to
find out what happens next.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Create conflicts and obstacles<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Every story needs obstacles and conflicts to keep things
interesting. In a romantic suspense novel, these obstacles can take many forms.
For example, the romantic couple may face external threats, such as a stalker
or a dangerous criminal. Or, they may face internal conflicts, such as trust
issues or conflicting goals. These conflicts should be complex and challenging,
requiring the characters to use their wits and resources to overcome them.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><i>*Quick Tool- I found a website called <a href="https://storytoolz.com/generator/conflict">StoryToolz</a> that has a
conflict generator for fiction. <span style="color: #111111;">It generates ten conflicts
such as remorse, rivalry of superior and inferior, obstacles to love, etc. </span>You can generate new
conflicts as well<span style="color: #111111;">.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i><b>Use setting and atmosphere to build tension</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The setting and atmosphere of your story can also contribute
to the tension and conflict. Use a setting that is evocative and rich in
detail, creating a sense of place that adds to the story's mood. You can use
weather, lighting, and other environmental factors to heighten tension and
create a foreboding atmosphere.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><i>Example* The old house loomed in front of them, its
windows boarded up and its paint peeling. The overgrown garden was filled with
weeds and tangled vines, giving the whole place a sense of neglect and decay.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i><i>As they approached the front door, a chill ran down
Sarah's spine. She couldn't shake the feeling that they weren't alone in this
place, that there was something watching them from the shadows. The air was
heavy with the scent of mildew and rot, and Sarah could hear the faint sound of
creaking floorboards coming from inside.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i><i>As they stepped over the threshold, the door creaked
ominously, and Sarah felt a wave of dread wash over her. The darkness inside
the house was oppressive, and she had to squint to see anything at all. The
only sound was the distant drip of water somewhere in the house.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i><i>As they made their way through the hallway, Sarah's heart
was pounding in her chest. She couldn't shake the feeling that they were being
watched, that something was lurking just out of sight. Every shadow seemed to
hold a threat, and she had to remind herself to breathe.</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><o:p> </o:p></i>In this example, the description of the old, abandoned house
and the overgrown garden creates a sense of foreboding and decay. The use of
sensory details like the scent of mildew and the sound of creaking floorboards
adds to the atmosphere of tension and unease. By the time they enter the house,
the tension has been built to a peak, and the reader is left wondering what
will happen next.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><b>Add plot twists and surprises</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A well-placed plot twist or surprise can add a new level of
tension and conflict to your story. Look for opportunities to surprise your
readers with unexpected revelations, sudden plot turns, or shocking events.
These twists can upend the reader's expectations and keep them engaged in the
story.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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connection to your protagonist.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In conclusion, creating tension and conflict is key to
writing a successful romantic suspense novel. Use a strong hook, develop your
characters, use pacing to create tension, create conflicts and obstacles, use
setting and atmosphere, and add plot twists and surprises. With these elements
in place, you can craft a thrilling, engaging story that will keep your readers
on the edge of their seats until the very end.<o:p></o:p></p></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana,sans-serif"><div><br /></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif"> <a href="http://viewauthor.at/AmyRomine" target="_blank"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Come Find M<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">e!</span></span></a></span></span><br />
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<xml></xml></div>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-89187375236911659182023-04-06T19:40:00.000-05:002023-04-06T19:40:45.789-05:00Crafting Compelling Characters: An Expert's Guide to Creating Relatable, Three-Dimensional Characters in Romantic Suspense Novels<div><span face="Verdana,sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"><p class="MsoNormal">Creating relatable, three-dimensional characters is a
crucial element of writing a successful romantic suspense novel. These
characters help to draw readers into the story, making them invested in the
characters' emotions, struggles, and triumphs. As an expert romantic suspense
author, I have developed a process for creating and developing these types of
characters, which I will share with you in this post.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The first step is to develop a deep understanding of who
they <i>your characters</i> are. This means delving into their past, their
personality, their beliefs, and their motivations. Many people start by
creating a detailed character profile that includes information about the
character's background, family, education, and career, as well as their
strengths, weaknesses, fears, and desires.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here are a few links to some downloadable character sheets. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://www.novel-software.com/characterquestionnaire.aspx"><span style="color: blue;">The Ultimate Character
Questionnaire (over 150 character questions)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://www.epiguide.com/ep101/writing/charchart.html"><span style="color: blue;">Character Profile
Worksheets</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/422634746263811/"><span style="color: blue;">Character Sheet Template</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://www.notion.so/Character-Profile-Template-8f6b5d6c9a9f4e6c8d7b0a3f7c4b5d5e"><span style="color: blue;">Character Profile Template</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; text-indent: 0in; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="color: #111111; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/422634746263811/"><span style="color: blue;">Character Sheet Template</span></a></span></p></span></div><span face="Verdana,sans-serif"><div><span face="Verdana,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I personally so things a little differently, every author
has their own ways of walking down the same path. When my characters first hit
my muse it is usually an image of the person. As I develop the skeleton of the story,
the actions and reactions needed by the characters to move the story forward,
start to fill in the image details, physical, spiritual and goals. It is all
still pretty vague, like an incomplete statue however as I dive into the story,
this drives me to ask questions that begin to build the character in my mind. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoIntenseQuote" style="margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Having strong, compelling characters that your readers
can root for (or against) is the strongest way to build suspense. When readers
are invested in a character, they want to know what happens to them.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once I have a clear understanding of who the character is,
at least up until the point we join the character in the story I begin to
develop their relationships with other characters in the story. This helps to
create a more realistic and well-rounded character, as their interactions with
others reveal more about their personality, motivations, and beliefs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p> </o:p>I also focus on creating relatable flaws, quirks, and goals.
No one is perfect, and the same should be true for our characters. Flaws can
include anything from a fear of commitment to a tendency to be too impulsive.
These flaws make the characters more human and relatable, as readers can
identify with their struggles and imperfections.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p> </o:p>Another crucial element of creating three-dimensional
characters is ensuring that they have clear motivations and goals. What does
the character want? What are they willing to do to achieve their goals? These
motivations and goals drive the story forward and make the character's journey
more engaging and relatable to readers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> In the essence of any suspense character is a sense of edge
in characters, whether it is internal struggles or external, the need for a decision
must feel life or death. The only thing we as humans’ control is actions and
reactions. By focusing on those points in character reactions you can define
the edge or precipice your character is standing on. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> This pulls the reader in with a relatable comfort that opens
up and explores the personal struggles of the characters. The key is relatable and then go deeper.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoIntenseQuote" style="margin-bottom: .25in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .25in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Characters need to feel like real people in order for
the reader to be invested in them enough to continue turning pages to see what
unfolds.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p> </o:p>Finally, I believe that it's important to make sure that our
characters grow and change throughout the story. This growth and change can be
in response to the conflicts and obstacles they face, or it can be a result of
the relationships they develop with other characters. By allowing our
characters to grow and change, we create a more satisfying and emotionally
resonant story.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p> </o:p>In conclusion, creating relatable, three-dimensional
characters is a crucial element of writing a successful romantic suspense novel.
By developing a deep understanding of who the character is, their
relationships, flaws, motivations, goals, and growth, we can create characters
that draw readers into the story and keep them engaged until the very end.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif" style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="http://viewauthor.at/AmyRomine" target="_blank"><span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">Come Find M<span face=""verdana" , sans-serif">e!</span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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Dark Breeds Of The Lycans, The First Installment Of The Dark Immortal
Flames Series... Coming Soon</span></div></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sansserif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #;">Dark
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his empire with his fathers and sit on both thrones but he is met
with red tape. Without a Queen and a legitimate heir, Rike will be
forced to give up his claim to his father’s Empire to another with
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doesn’t need love, just kick him out a babe so he can claim rule
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and not to be underestimated. One problem: She hates his guts and
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good friend leads to meeting a dark and dangerous lycan alpha; Who
would stop at nothing to have her. He is going to learn real fast,
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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-22337548034992129652020-10-21T23:00:00.001-05:002020-10-21T23:00:04.224-05:00Saving Grace Blog Tour and Giveaway! <p style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/saving-grace-banner_orig.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="298" dataoriginal-width="800" height="149" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/saving-grace-banner_orig.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h1 style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">GUEST POST BY D. M. BARR</h1><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{166}" paraid="1947935599" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">What are your top 10 favorite books/authors? </span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Ayn Rand for Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead; John Steinbeck for The Grapes of Wrath; Leon Uris for Trinity; Michael Connelly’s entire Mickey Haller/Lincoln Lawyer series; Steve </span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{178}" paraid="1593343661" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">What book do you think everyone should read? 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margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Do the characters all come to you at the same time or do some of them come to you as you write?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I us</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">ually have a vague idea of my main characters before I put pen to paper (or fingertip to keyboard) and I flesh them out as I write. Secondary characters seem to materialize out of nowhere.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{204}" paraid="48969615" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{206}" paraid="599949203" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">What kind of research do you do before you begin writing a book?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">t varies. For Slashing Mona Lisa, I did a lot of reading about body positivity and fat shaming. For Saving Grace, I did read a bit about poisons. For Expired Listings, I tagged along with some kinky friends to learn more about the BDSM subculture. And for </span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">my newest book, I read up on elder abuse. Of course, I have Google constantly open as I write, I fact check as I go along.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{216}" paraid="1778755593" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{218}" paraid="2037666508" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Do you see writing as a career?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I used to make a living as a travel trade writer. If I could make a living as a fiction writer, I’d </span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">be the happiest person on earth.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{226}" paraid="1513733091" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{230}" paraid="1819813120" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">What do you think about the current publishing market? Very</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> hard to break in, many of the agents and publishers look for derivative work instead of taking a risk on something totally original. Unfortunately, it’s those ori</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">ginal pieces that break the mold and become groundbreaking works, but they too often are overlooked. And too many self-publishers don’t realize that they must treat their books the way a major publisher would, by investing in top editing, cover art and for</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">matting.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{240}" paraid="1103688598" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{242}" paraid="217411695" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Do you read yourself and if so, what is your favorite genre</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">? I enjoy reading psychological thrillers, romance (especially if it’s amusing, like </span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">The Hating Game</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">) and literary fiction on occasion.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{252}" paraid="1923339244" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{5c65a747-79bf-48ee-bc03-3d8340af80e4}{254}" paraid="2119286061" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Do you prefer to write in silence or with noise?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Why? Silence, it’s the only way I can truly concentrate.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{7}" paraid="218862605" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{9}" paraid="857107712" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Do you write one book at a time or do you have several going at a time?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I don’t know how people can write more than one book at a time; I would get my plots confused. If someone can do that well, they earn my undying respect.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{15}" paraid="237481994" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{17}" paraid="144169023" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">If you could have been the author of any book ever written, which book would you choose? </span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">I wish I’d </span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">written Harriet the Spy or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, because they were my favorite books growing and influenced me greatly. Capture a reader when they’re young and they’ll love to read forever.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{25}" paraid="1611013708" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{27}" paraid="1108557375" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Pen or typewriter or computer?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Computer.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{33}" paraid="1156251036" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{35}" paraid="924491156" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Tell us a</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">bout a favorite character from a book</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">. Lizbeth Salander. What a badass! Same with Katness Everdeen from the Hunger Game series.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{43}" paraid="1268045221" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{45}" paraid="1770804104" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">What made you want to become an author, and do you feel it was the right decision?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> My grandmother always made me feel so proud </span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">of everything I wrote. I still feel that way.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{53}" paraid="1039058537" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{55}" paraid="567580573" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Advice they would give new authors?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Vomit out the first draft, don’t self-edit, and then make it shine in revision. Have your computer read it back to you while you edit; you’ll find a ton of errors you’d miss</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> otherwise.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{63}" paraid="911653291" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{65}" paraid="450472409" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Describe your writing style.</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Snarky and punny at times. I always try to highlight an issue and champion the underdog.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{71}" paraid="1174079512" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{73}" paraid="1182165997" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">What makes a good story?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Conflict, conflict, conflict. Keeping dialogue realistic and unstilted, leaving out any details t</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">hat don’t move the plot ahead.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{81}" paraid="77541835" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{83}" paraid="738645972" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">What are you currently reading?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I am beta-reading some manuscripts for other authors, and also Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{89}" paraid="1393721953" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{91}" paraid="254058054" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">What is your writing process?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> For instance, do you do an outline first? Do you do the chapters</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> first? I have a basic idea of where the story will start and how it will end, and the adventure is filling in the words between the two. I always write in chronological order. When I’m about halfway through, I write one-sentence descriptions of the remai</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">ning chapters in terms of what will be accomplished.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{101}" paraid="1648913413" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{103}" paraid="434365878" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">What are common traps for aspiring writers?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Not really understanding what the story is about. If you can’t summarize the plot in 280 characters (a tweet), you should probably rethink the plot.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{109}" paraid="1090610476" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{111}" paraid="213667914" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Do you </span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> I am always original, which is a problem when agents and editors ask for three books like yours and I have to start scrambling for titles. I try not to be derivative.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{119}" paraid="1268319598" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{121}" paraid="16290052" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">If you could tell your</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> younger writing self anything, what would it be?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Start writing fiction much earlier and read the classics. Major in English and literature in college. And lay off the chocolate.</span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{129}" paraid="312067130" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-parastyle="Standard" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-ccp-props="{}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW152896600" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph BCX0 SCXW152896600" paraeid="{c203f98d-d640-4c31-a2cc-4624c608f1a7}{131}" paraid="1049014030" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">How long on average does it take you to write a book?</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> Anywhere from one mont</span><span class="TextRun BCX0 SCXW152896600" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Times New Roman", "Times New Roman_EmbeddedFont", "Times New Roman_MSFontService", serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 20.5042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">h to ten years. I’ve done both. 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Grace</b></div></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;">by
D.M. Barr</div></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;">Genre:
Psychological Thriller</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/savinggrace-about-thebook_orig.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-width="413" data-originalheight="68" height="53" src="https://www.silverdaggertours.com/uploads/8/2/5/5/82557464/savinggrace-about-thebook_orig.png" width="320" /></a></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;">Grace
Pierrepoint Rendell, the only child of an ailing billionaire, has
been treated for paranoia since childhood. When she secretly quits
her meds, she begins to suspect that once her father passes, her
husband will murder her for her inheritance. Realizing that no one
will believe the ravings of a supposed psychotic, she devises a
creative way to save herself – she will write herself out of
danger, authoring a novel with the heroine in exactly the same
circumstances, thus subtly exposing her husband's scheme to the
world. She hires acclaimed author Lynn Andrews to help edit her
literary insurance policy, but when Lynn is murdered, Grace is
discovered standing over the bloody remains. The clock is ticking:
can she write and publish her manuscript before she is strapped into
a straitjacket, accused of homicide, or lowered six feet under?</div></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sansserif;"><div style="text-align: center;">With
a cast of secondary characters whose challenges mirror Grace's own,
Saving Grace is, at it's core, an allegory for the struggle of the
marginalized to be heard and live life on their own terms.</div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54787650-saving-grace">Goodreads</a>
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day, a mild-mannered salesperson, wife, mother, rescuer of senior
shelter dogs, competitive trivia player and author groupie, happily
living just north of New York City. By night, an author of sex,
suspense and satire.</span></div></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><span color="#">My
background includes stints in travel marketing, travel journalism,
meeting planning, public relations and real estate. I was, for a long
and happy time, an award-winning magazine writer and editor. Then
kids happened. And I needed to actually make money. Now they're off
doing whatever it is they do (of which I have no idea since they
won't friend me on Facebook) and I can spend my spare time weaving
tales of debauchery and whatever else tickles my fancy.</span></div></span><span face="Calibri,
sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><span color="#">The
main thing to remember about my work is that I am NOT one of my
characters. For example, as a real estate broker, I've never played
Bondage Bingo in one of my empty listings or offed anyone at my local
diet clinic.</span></div></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;"><span color="#">But
that's not to say I haven't wanted to...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span color="#"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span color="#"><br /></span></div></span><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Calibri, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.dmbarr.com/">Website</a>
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<span face=""calibri" , sans-serif">Children
of Chaos Series </span>
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<span face=""calibri" , sans-serif">by
Kristen Collins </span>
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<span face=""calibri" , sans-serif">Genre:
Paranormal Fantasy Thriller</span></div>
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<span face=""calibri" , sans-serif">When
the Queen of the Sandmen, Ana, decrees that she will give teddy bears
magic through the power of their golden Sandman dust and life is
sustained through the belief of a child, the only purpose is to
protect the children from nightmares, or rather the monsters under
the bed. The Boogeymen who were defeated long ago are gone but their
creatures did not die off with their masters. The balance of good and
evil has to be maintained.</span></div>
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<span face=""calibri" , sans-serif">A
supernatural orphan, Sharon, and her faithful pitbull dog, Lieutenant
Twinkleton, catch the attention of Queen Ana when she goes to fulfill
her part of the decree. Unsure of the little orphan child's
abilities, she gives special orders to the little girl’s only toy:
a teddy bear named Sir Snugglestiltskin.</span></div>
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<span face=""calibri" , sans-serif">Unknown
to Queen Ana, there’s more to Sharon than what her eyes can see and
these creatures are hungry to get their hands on the little girl.</span></div>
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<span face=""calibri" , sans-serif">I'm
a Native Texan, born and raised close to the heart of the great Lone
Star State. I was born in January of ‘89 and was able to grow up
during a great time. I honestly don’t consider myself a Millennial,
and really dislike that title. I'm a part-time secretary and a
full-time mother and wife, as well as a Lupus Warrior. </span>
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<span face=""calibri" , sans-serif">Having
Lupus means living my life indoors, and the sun is my arch-nemesis,
my personal kryptonite. I want to leave a legacy behind, something my
kids could one day look back on and say, “yeah my mom did that.” </span>
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<span face=""calibri" , sans-serif">Thanks
to the encouragement of friends and family, I found a passion for
writing paranormal romance books. Anything in the realm of fantasy
usually suits my novels and tends to be able to reach a large
audience in multiple genres. Most of my story ideas come to me in the
most unexpected times and places, such as my dreams. They will plague
me nonstop until I sit down and write it out. </span>
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Boogeymen, for example. I enjoy creating all the facets of their own
worlds, such as in A Sandman’s Forbidden Love. </span>
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has blessed me with success that I never imagined was possible, which
allows me the freedom to explore and create with intense focus in
paranormal fiction. Now, I know Shifters aren’t real but Angels are
another story. So Angels are also a part of my focus and research. I
will often sit on the computer doing extensive research on both
Sandmen and Angels, trying to learn as much as possible about them.</span></div>
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generational from thirteen to ninety years young. My goal, with these
types of books, is to reach people who need that extra encouragement
and quiet reflective stillness that journaling can bring into their
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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-38396990805567032712020-09-19T14:35:00.000-05:002020-09-19T14:35:58.122-05:00Saturday Seven ~ September 19, 2020<div><span face="Verdana,sans-serif"><p style="margin: 0cm;"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Happy
Saturday, what have you been up to this week? Here is a rundown of highlights
for the week. I hope you find them useful in your life! My goal as a person and
a writer are to always Pay-It-Forward, so please let me know how I can help
you. YES, YOU!<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br />
<em>Enjoy your weekend &
this post! Amazing things to come!<o:p></o:p></em></span></i></p>
<p><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">~Amy</span></em></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f64de9f2b2225853a98257a/5f96d6241ab7a7007535f06b0c387cca/Sleep_Experiment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="333" src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f64de9f2b2225853a98257a/5f96d6241ab7a7007535f06b0c387cca/Sleep_Experiment.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">
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<strong>What am I Reading?</strong> –
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sleep-Experiment-edge-your-seat-psychological/dp/1988091381/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=jeremy+Bates&link_code=qs&qid=1600444413&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-1-spons&tag=mozilla-20&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyNlJVTlpZUUpWOFZZJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTg3ODkyMTY2RE80MFdNQkJKVyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUExMDM0ODU2MjhKNDFUNzRHM0lKNCZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU="><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The Sleep Experiment by Jeremy Bates</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> - In 1954, at the start of the Cold War, the
Soviet military offered four political prisoners their freedom if they
participated in an experiment requiring them to remain awake for fourteen days
while under the influence of a powerful stimulant gas. The prisoners ultimately
reverted to murder, self-mutilation, and madness. None survived.<o:p></o:p></span><p></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">In 2018, Dr. Roy
Wallis, an esteemed psychology professor at UC Berkeley, is attempting to
recreate the same experiment during the summer break in a soon-to-be demolished
building on campus. He and two student assistants share an eight-hour
rotational schedule to observe their young Australian test subjects around the
clock.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">What begins
innocently enough, however, morphs into a nightmare beyond description that no
one could have imagined—with, perhaps, the exception of Dr. Roy Wallis himself.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<strong>What am I Listening to? –
</strong>An exuberant amount of talk radio. With the world currently upside down, COVID
and the pending election, all hands are on deck. Seriously.<strong><span style="font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What
Quote am I Pondering? – </b>“What happens after the 2020 election? Doesn’t matter
who wins EVERYTHING is gonna change.” - Unknown</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What am I Researching? – </b>My brain
has been so ADD lately. Too many changes at once, perhaps? This week was all
about organizing. I rearranged my room, moved my office, and am now looking at
the kitchen in scrutiny. </span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f64de9f2b2225853a98257a/4f462f56a25a8e32e78860b2ca23735b/Chili_Baked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f64de9f2b2225853a98257a/4f462f56a25a8e32e78860b2ca23735b/Chili_Baked.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Yummy
Meal of the Week – </b>Loaded Baked Potato w/ chili, cheese, sour cream, scallions.
I got mine from Bill & Ruth’s. Easy peasy to make at home.</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What
did I Learn? – </b>The World is on Hold – Not in any way true but also completely
true. At least in the US, we are all trying to move forward. However, it seems
with every step there is a new obstacle. Whether it’s Cancel Culture (Yes I
have personally experience the loss of followers due to the expression of an
opinion), School starting(Zack is back in school. Full on masks, one-way
hallways, and Friday online learning. Fake News (whether you like it or not the
truth of anything is a challenge to find these days). Protesting, Rioting,
Wildfires, or the frustration from our inability to navigate any of it without
going in circles and questioning our own sanity. Chew on that… </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">😊</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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am I Watching</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">?
– <b>The Home Edit - A Netflix Original Series</b>. 'Move over, Marie
Kondo - Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin are the professional organizers the
A-list now let rifle through their drawers.' - Sunday Times Style Clea Shearer
and Joanna Teplin are back again to bring both function and beauty to your
everyday life. ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">That
is all for this week, my lovelies!<br />
I hope you have an amazing week, and I will talk to you all next Saturday!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Amazing things to come!</strong></span></em></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">~Amy</span></strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5f197e64d4833c6e0f917f02/5f5276d0b06b64132a63e756/bcac1647afb3867aa29eb8935b90f87f/51v5Ia07tuL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5f197e64d4833c6e0f917f02/5f5276d0b06b64132a63e756/bcac1647afb3867aa29eb8935b90f87f/51v5Ia07tuL.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What am I Reading?</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Sleuth-Nancy-Women-Created-ebook/dp/B007PRF0LU/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YGC8PRKO25BF&dchild=1&keywords=girl+sleuth+nancy+drew+and+the+women+who+created+her&qid=1599238077&sprefix=Girl+Slueth+Nan%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Girl Sleuth: Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> by Melanie Rehak - The true story behind the iconic fictional detective is “a fascinating chapter in the history of publishing” (The Seattle Times). The plucky “titian-haired” sleuth solved her first mystery in 1930—and eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties (when she was taken up with a vengeance by women’s libbers) to enter the pantheon of American culture. As beloved by girls today as she was by their grandmothers, Nancy Drew has both inspired and reflected the changes in her readers’ lives. Here, in a narrative with all the page-turning pace of Nancy’s adventures, Melanie Rehak solves an enduring literary mystery: Who created Nancy Drew? And how did she go from pulp heroine to icon? </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The brainchild of children’s book mogul Edward Stratemeyer, Nancy was brought to life by two women: Mildred Wirt Benson, a pioneering journalist from Iowa, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, a well-bred wife and mother who took over her father’s business empire as CEO. In this century-spanning, “absorbing and delightful” story, the author traces their roles—and Nancy’s—in forging the modern American woman</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What am I Listening to? – </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dharma-Method-Daily-Spiritual-Advancement-ebook/dp/B07B31GRGZ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+dharma+method&qid=1599181265&sprefix=the+dharma+&sr=8-1" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Dharma Method</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - 7 Daily Steps to Spiritual Advancement by Simon Chokoisky -A practical guide to simple daily techniques for rapid spiritual progress. ~ Enlightenment means becoming a light unto yourself. But how does one get on the path to enlightenment? In this practical spiritual guide, Simon Chokoisky shares 11 time-tested yet simple daily techniques to help you find your spiritual path, or “dharma,” no matter what your spiritual background--be it Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, or Agnostic. He explains how everyone has a unique learning style as well as a spiritual style--your “Dharma type”--and how the Dharma method allows you to pick any seven of the 11 methods described in the book to practice. You can even change them daily, all based on your unique needs. And by holding to the 7/11 “rule” daily, you’ll soon find yourself on the road to rapid spiritual progress and personal enlightenment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In this book, the author explains how he distilled these 11 spiritual techniques from centuries of methods used by spiritual masters from around the world. He details the 5 different Dharma types and provides personality tests to determine your type. He provides routines, tips, and tricks to keep you on track as well as thoughtful exercises to help you apply spiritual principles in your everyday life. He explores how to apply the commandments of the Judeo-Christian tradition, the Yoga Yamas and Niyamas, and the Buddhist 8-fold path based on your Dharma type. He discusses the power of sound and how to use mantras for success and sacred connection. He also explains the best ways to purify your body and mind as well as how to create a “standing wave” of spiritual power to recharge yourself anytime during the day.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 14pt; margin-top: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Showing how spirituality is inherent in each of us and is abundant, free, and easy to cultivate, the author reveals how you can best cultivate your spiritual light and share it with the world.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What Quote am I Pondering? </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– “Unless someone asks the question there's no reason for an answer. Find the questions not asked and the answers not questioned.”</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5f197e64d4833c6e0f917f02/5f5276d0b06b64132a63e756/af2deca02777b6ce39745c968e33cca7/unnamed.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="536" height="819" src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5f197e64d4833c6e0f917f02/5f5276d0b06b64132a63e756/af2deca02777b6ce39745c968e33cca7/unnamed.png" width="549" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What am I Researching? – </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How to paint a fridge. Sounds odd right, why would you want to paint a fridge? My fridge is ugly, and I want to cover it with chalkboard paint. In order to do that I need to paint with a primer first, sand it and then do the chalkboard thing so the paint has something to stick to. 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This past week I ordered the new Fire Roasted Philly. I am impressed. Pretty darn good for a fast food chain. The bast part are the roasted peppers. Throw some horsey sauce in the mix and YUM! Another new item they have is the Sweet Potato Waffle Fries, also a must try!</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What did I Learn? – </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All of my cats are sick with a cold. I seriously have never heard a Cat snore before. They have been symptomatic and passing it back and forth for about two weeks now. I took the sneeziest kitty, Sebass to the Vet. Got some antibiotics and got into a COVID conversation. Apparently cats and dogs can get COVID just like everyone else. They can contract it from us, but we cannot contract it from them. Who knew?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5f197e64d4833c6e0f917f02/5f5276d0b06b64132a63e756/586dd67c8ec27cf5894f253261ddc549/The_Witcher.jfif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="163" src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5f197e64d4833c6e0f917f02/5f5276d0b06b64132a63e756/586dd67c8ec27cf5894f253261ddc549/The_Witcher.jfif" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What am I Watching</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">? – </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5180504/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Witcher on Netflix</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This show is very GOT like but on a smaller scale. I looked at it when it first came out and was curious but passed. This past weekend I discovered that Henry Cavill (aka Superman) plays the title role and I did not recognize him at all. This intrigued me so I pressed play. I am only on episode two. 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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-38528173655954730822020-08-22T03:53:00.000-05:002020-08-22T03:53:29.669-05:00Saturday Seven ~ August 22, 2020<div><p data-blogger-escaped-style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><strong id="docs-internal-guid-92bc5db2-7fff-44ee-c58c-38de19ae5a95"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Saturday, what have you been up to this week? Here is a rundown of highlights for the week. I hope you find them useful in your life! My goal as a person and a writer are to always Pay-It-Forward, so please let me know how I can help you. YES, YOU!</span></strong></em></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><em><strong id="docs-internal-guid-92bc5db2-7fff-44ee-c58c-38de19ae5a95">Enjoy your weekend & this post! Amazing things to come!</strong></em></span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong><span style="font-family: verdana;">~Amy</span></strong></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f3fd8f2dd4a8d69cd7114a8/1f76603525c2c15b277241dea8299a80/51tf9MviVyL._SY346_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="229" src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f3fd8f2dd4a8d69cd7114a8/1f76603525c2c15b277241dea8299a80/51tf9MviVyL._SY346_.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><strong>What am I Reading?</strong> –</span>- <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.amazon.com/Home-Before-Dark-Riley-Sager-ebook/dp/B07Z2TY6HV/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Riley+Sager&link_code=qs&qid=1598011072&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-2&tag=mozilla-20" href="https://www.amazon.com/Home-Before-Dark-Riley-Sager-ebook/dp/B07Z2TY6HV/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Riley+Sager&link_code=qs&qid=1598011072&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-2&tag=mozilla-20">Home Before Dark: A Novel by Riley Sager</a> ~ What was it like? Living in that house.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Maggie Holt is used to such questions. Twenty-five years ago, she and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. They spent three weeks there before fleeing in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His tale of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity—and skepticism.<br /><br />Today, Maggie is a restorer of old homes and too young to remember any of the events mentioned in her father's book. But she also doesn’t believe a word of it. Ghosts, after all, don’t exist. When Maggie inherits Baneberry Hall after her father's death, she returns to renovate the place to prepare it for sale. But her homecoming is anything but warm. People from the past, chronicled in House of Horrors, lurk in the shadows. And locals aren’t thrilled that their small town has been made infamous thanks to Maggie’s father. Even more unnerving is Baneberry Hall itself—a place filled with relics from another era that hint at a history of dark deeds. As Maggie experiences strange occurrences straight out of her father’s book, she starts to believe that what he wrote was more fact than fiction.</span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f3fd8f2dd4a8d69cd7114a8/79a6a9dccf718e3df5541c57dde81e92/51jVsI2lRPL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f3fd8f2dd4a8d69cd7114a8/79a6a9dccf718e3df5541c57dde81e92/51jVsI2lRPL.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face=""><strong>What am I Listening to? – </strong></span><a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Limitless-Living-Possibility-Heart-Centered/dp/B07DNJVRS1/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Art+of+Limitless+Living+by+Melissa+Joy+Jonsson&qid=1598013707&s=audible&sr=1-1" href="https://www.amazon.com/Art-Limitless-Living-Possibility-Heart-Centered/dp/B07DNJVRS1/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Art+of+Limitless+Living+by+Melissa+Joy+Jonsson&qid=1598013707&s=audible&sr=1-1">- The Art of Limitless Living: The Joy, Possibility and Power of Living a Heart-Centered Life by Melissa Joy Jonsson</a><br />We already are what we wish to become. <br /><br />Join inspiring, life-transformational leader Melissa Joy on a journey to the heart of interactive reality creation, where self-love is the new normal. <br /><br />Humanity is in a position that we have never been in previously, on new and unfamiliar terrain. You may be at a place in your own life where you are aware that "tried and true" behaviors and beliefs are no longer working. You may be unsure how to proceed. <br /><br />Through a brilliant weave of unique language, testimonials, and practical play, The Art of Limitless Living provides multiple access points for creating new self-loving maps to navigate through changing landscapes. </span><p></p><p><span face="" style="font-family: verdana;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><strong>What Quote am I Pondering? – </strong></span>“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” I used to think I was not a multi-draft person but, I am learning I am just that. I do it a little differently as the story grows.</span></p><p><span face="" style="font-family: verdana;"><em> </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><strong>What am I Researching? – </strong></span>This week I discovered a new app MeWe. It is like FB and IG before they became popular. Kinda a nice break from the Social media norm. If you check it out. Definitely friend me, and we can discover together. Also read an Article in the LA Times about a sportscaster who ended up with COVID-19. He describes what it was like. I found it interesting. Here is the link. https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-08-12/column-bill-plaschke-covid-19-experience<br /><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f3fd8f2dd4a8d69cd7114a8/a479503aae5295f2cddb365a92d22d24/Apple_Walnut_Salad.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f3fd8f2dd4a8d69cd7114a8/a479503aae5295f2cddb365a92d22d24/Apple_Walnut_Salad.jpeg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face=""><strong>Yummy Meal of the Week – </strong></span>Apple Walnut Salad with Chicken - https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/apple-and-walnut-salad/<br />this is a no mayo, yogurt, or any other kind of creamy dressing salad. Eaten with a sweet vinaigrette which offsets the bleu cheese and tangy apples. Mouth-watering yum!</span></p><p><span face="" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><strong>What did I Learn? – </strong></span>I missed walking outside. About a year and a half ago I stopped walking outside. I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed walking in the fresh air, and sunshine. It gives me a clarity of mind and energy I have been missing. I am back to my goal of 10 thousand steps a day!</span></p><p><span face="" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""><strong>What am I Watching</strong>? – </span>- <a data-cke-saved-href="https://youtu.be/dyBYM_ZF4ho" href="https://youtu.be/dyBYM_ZF4ho">Unwell on Netflix</a> – Docuseries about the industry of being well. I got my son hooked on <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7587890/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7587890/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">The Rookie</a> on Hulu, sadly they only have Season Two so now I am on the hunt for Season One for him to watch.<br /><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-06b1c419-7fff-af4b-16cb-61e2793e20fd"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*BONUS Content ~ </span></strong></p><p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-06b1c419-7fff-af4b-16cb-61e2793e20fd"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That is all for this week, my lovelies!<br />I hope you have an amazing week, and I will talk to you all next Saturday!</span></strong></p><p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-06b1c419-7fff-af4b-16cb-61e2793e20fd"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have any thoughts on my week’s activity or want to make a recommendation? Drop me a line or a tweet. One lucky commentor will win a free Romine book of their choice! 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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-73630162685462866992020-08-14T23:00:00.001-05:002020-08-14T23:00:07.632-05:00Saturday Seven ~ August 15, 2020 <div><span face="" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><p data-blogger-escaped-style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-92bc5db2-7fff-44ee-c58c-38de19ae5a95">Happy Saturday, what have you been up to this week? Here is a rundown of highlights for the week. I hope you find them useful in your life! My goal as a person and a writer are to always Pay-It-Forward, so please let me know how I can help you. YES, YOU!</strong></span></em></p><p dir="ltr"><br /><em><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-92bc5db2-7fff-44ee-c58c-38de19ae5a95">Enjoy your weekend & this post! Amazing things to come!</strong></span></em></p><p dir="ltr"><strong>~Amy</strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://trello.com/1/cards/5f2d5678fd1c0b549ec18d3a/attachments/5f2d56975553d36fc22146cf/download/unnamed.jpg?signature=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJuYmYiOjE1OTcxNTgwMDAsImV4cCI6MTU5NzE2MzQwMCwicmVzIjoiNWYyZDU2NzhmZDFjMGI1NDllYzE4ZDNhOjVmMmQ1Njk3NTU1M2QzNmZjMjIxNDZjZiIsImF1ZCI6IlRyZWxsbyIsImlzcyI6IlRyZWxsbyJ9.e-WN4h0cm1bLXRpgu44G2qBNd4RAV7N7oSjBX_JqQJs" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="327" src="https://trello.com/1/cards/5f2d5678fd1c0b549ec18d3a/attachments/5f2d56975553d36fc22146cf/download/unnamed.jpg?signature=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJuYmYiOjE1OTcxNTgwMDAsImV4cCI6MTU5NzE2MzQwMCwicmVzIjoiNWYyZDU2NzhmZDFjMGI1NDllYzE4ZDNhOjVmMmQ1Njk3NTU1M2QzNmZjMjIxNDZjZiIsImF1ZCI6IlRyZWxsbyIsImlzcyI6IlRyZWxsbyJ9.e-WN4h0cm1bLXRpgu44G2qBNd4RAV7N7oSjBX_JqQJs" /></a></strong></div><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong><p></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">What
am I Reading?</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> –
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Battlemind-Military-Thriller-Michael-Waddington-ebook/dp/B08BC1V9R4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=battlemind&link_code=qs&qid=1596732885&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-1&tag=mozilla-20"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Battlemind: A Military Legal Thriller
by Michael Waddington</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> - A suspected terrorist is tortured to death in a secret
Afghanistan prison. A low-ranking guard is the military’s top suspect.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Army
JAG lawyer Captain Max O’Donnell isn’t so sure. Max is 90 days away from ending
his tour of duty, and the last thing he needs is to take on an un-winnable
case. But no matter how jaded and burned out he has become; he still believes
justice is worth fighting for.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Digging
deeper into the case, Max unearths a shadowy alliance between the prosecution,
led by Colonel Covington Paine, and a team of faceless CIA spooks. Paine will
stop at nothing to win, and he’s willing to crush anyone who gets in his way -
including Max O’Donnell. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">With
his client’s life on the line and his military career hanging in the balance,
Max must wage war in the courtroom and seize victory the only way he knows how.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<strong>What am I Listening to? –
</strong></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D2FS1WL/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">How to Stop Feeling like Sh*t by
Andrea Owen</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>
- </b><i>'Fearlessly tells it like it is, offering its readers no-nonsense and
insightful advice to help them get over their crap and wake up to their own
brilliance.' - Jen Sincero, bestselling author of You Are A Badass</i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">It's
time to stop self-sabotaging and start living your best life.</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">How to
Stop Feeling Like Sh*t is a straight-shooting approach to self-improvement for
women, one that offers no-crap truth-telling about the most common
self-destructive behaviors women tend to engage in.</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">From
listening to the imposter complex and bitchy inner critic to catastrophizing
and people-pleasing, Andrea Owen--a nationally sought-after life coach--
crystallizes what's behind these invisible, undermining habits. With each
chapter, she offers practical advice and kicks women's gears out of autopilot
and empowers them to create happier, more fulfilling lives.</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Powerfully
on-the-mark, the chapters are short and digestible, nicely bypassing weighty
examinations in favor of punch-points of awareness.</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How could
I not, when Jen recommends the book? OMG, I have totally drunk the Kool-Aid!</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What
Quote am I Pondering? – </b>“Love yourself like you're the only one there is.” -
Jen Sincero</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello.com/1/cards/5f2d5678fd1c0b549ec18d3a/attachments/5f2d56948538cf6a1697d8dc/download/Treehouse_in_Jericho.jpg?signature=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJuYmYiOjE1OTcxNjE2MDAsImV4cCI6MTU5NzE2NzAwMCwicmVzIjoiNWYyZDU2NzhmZDFjMGI1NDllYzE4ZDNhOjVmMmQ1Njk0ODUzOGNmNmExNjk3ZDhkYyIsImF1ZCI6IlRyZWxsbyIsImlzcyI6IlRyZWxsbyJ9.XzaWfatyMz472n4t4zXtx_Y_lu5QcQtrx81BOrIa6gU" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="335" src="https://trello.com/1/cards/5f2d5678fd1c0b549ec18d3a/attachments/5f2d56948538cf6a1697d8dc/download/Treehouse_in_Jericho.jpg?signature=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJuYmYiOjE1OTcxNjE2MDAsImV4cCI6MTU5NzE2NzAwMCwicmVzIjoiNWYyZDU2NzhmZDFjMGI1NDllYzE4ZDNhOjVmMmQ1Njk0ODUzOGNmNmExNjk3ZDhkYyIsImF1ZCI6IlRyZWxsbyIsImlzcyI6IlRyZWxsbyJ9.XzaWfatyMz472n4t4zXtx_Y_lu5QcQtrx81BOrIa6gU" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What am I Researching? – </b>The
Christian book world. I have a potential client who has written a published a
book for kids 11-17 called </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Treehouse-Jericho-Bill-Peel-ebook/dp/B08DD85QV6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2T86SU5AUCLK1&dchild=1&keywords=a+treehouse+in+jericho+by+bill+peel&qid=1596806006&s=digital-text&sprefix=A+treehouse+in+%2Cdigital-text%2C195&sr=1-1"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">A Treehouse in Jericho</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Interesting piece of the
publishing pie. Stay tuned!</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://trello.com/1/cards/5f2d5678fd1c0b549ec18d3a/attachments/5f2d56998cd21a3ccde3891f/download/91p6hMjKBBL._SL1500_.jpg?signature=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJuYmYiOjE1OTcxNTgwMDAsImV4cCI6MTU5NzE2MzQwMCwicmVzIjoiNWYyZDU2NzhmZDFjMGI1NDllYzE4ZDNhOjVmMmQ1Njk5OGNkMjFhM2NjZGUzODkxZiIsImF1ZCI6IlRyZWxsbyIsImlzcyI6IlRyZWxsbyJ9._iPZ6EnS7gKEc2oZvONFroMxzJ7FqpLRtnzvGqat1Gw" width="320" /></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<strong>Yummy Meal of the Week –
</strong>Cheesy Jambalaya with Sweet Italian Sausage – This is a cheat but yummy. Zatarain’s
Cheesy Jambalaya add sausage and I roasted some mini peppers. So, Yum!<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello.com/1/cards/5f2d5678fd1c0b549ec18d3a/attachments/5f2d5696a95ca67d6973eb04/download/unnamed.png?signature=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJuYmYiOjE1OTcxNTgwMDAsImV4cCI6MTU5NzE2MzQwMCwicmVzIjoiNWYyZDU2NzhmZDFjMGI1NDllYzE4ZDNhOjVmMmQ1Njk2YTk1Y2E2N2Q2OTczZWIwNCIsImF1ZCI6IlRyZWxsbyIsImlzcyI6IlRyZWxsbyJ9.vn4bkCuZTEz9v8Wm19sCc6vwsEuqmXlxLyWghDnFphk" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="348" src="https://trello.com/1/cards/5f2d5678fd1c0b549ec18d3a/attachments/5f2d5696a95ca67d6973eb04/download/unnamed.png?signature=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJuYmYiOjE1OTcxNTgwMDAsImV4cCI6MTU5NzE2MzQwMCwicmVzIjoiNWYyZDU2NzhmZDFjMGI1NDllYzE4ZDNhOjVmMmQ1Njk2YTk1Y2E2N2Q2OTczZWIwNCIsImF1ZCI6IlRyZWxsbyIsImlzcyI6IlRyZWxsbyJ9.vn4bkCuZTEz9v8Wm19sCc6vwsEuqmXlxLyWghDnFphk" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What
did I Learn? – </b>Anger is a powerful motivator. I am the most unfiltered when
angry. I also feel the freest, which in itself is scary as I am not normally an
angry person. When fueled with rage, I am 100% explosive. A ticking bomb
waiting to explode on the person or thing that acts as a trigger. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Anger
is not always a bad thing. Anger, whether resentment or irritation is a symptom
of a bigger problem. Recognizing the symptom is the first step in working
through the problem to resolution. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The
part I am struggling to reconcile is the freedom from anger. The mindset of
being so angry I do not care what anyone thinks. Oh, how to live like this
every day without the angry part? </span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://findingtheyummy.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/16164-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Credit : https://findingtheyummy.files.wordpress.com/" border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="544" height="320" src="https://findingtheyummy.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/16164-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-poster.jpg" title="Credit : https://findingtheyummy.files.wordpress.com/" width="218" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">What
am I Watching</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">?
– Buffy the Vampire Slayer on Hulu (knew that was coming) and Umbrella
Academy Season 2! This will be the third run of Buffy since it ended in May
2003. Such a great show. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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loved season one of the Umbrella Academy and season two dropped on Netflix this
past Tuesday. Wahoo! I am only on episode three but fun!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p></span></div><span face=""><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-06b1c419-7fff-af4b-16cb-61e2793e20fd">*BONUS Content ~ </strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-06b1c419-7fff-af4b-16cb-61e2793e20fd">That is all for this week, my lovelies!<br />I hope you have an amazing week, and I will talk to you all next Saturday!</strong></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-06b1c419-7fff-af4b-16cb-61e2793e20fd">Have any thoughts on my week’s activity or want to make a recommendation? Drop me a line or a tweet. One lucky commentor will win a free Romine book of their choice! Never want to miss a blog post or a Saturday Seven? Join my mailing list, and I will be happy to send it straight to your inbox!</strong><br /><br /><img data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/01a5fa9677eb63c62c7571a29/images/48dd6596-55ef-4bf7-9095-236437c1840d.jpg" data-file-id="5606525" height="300" src="https://mcusercontent.com/01a5fa9677eb63c62c7571a29/images/48dd6596-55ef-4bf7-9095-236437c1840d.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" width="200" /></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><strong> </strong></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">###</span></div><p></p><div style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span face=""><span face=""><a href="http://viewauthor.at/AmyRomine" target="_blank">Come Find M<span face="">e!</span></a></span></span></div></span>
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<xml></xml>Amy J Rominehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01155632376239386078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678923996698576574.post-66466504119664064952020-08-01T01:00:00.001-05:002020-08-01T01:00:09.210-05:00Saturday Seven ~ 1st Aug, 2020<div><span><div><p data-blogger-escaped-style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-92bc5db2-7fff-44ee-c58c-38de19ae5a95">Happy Saturday, what have you been up to this week? Here is a rundown of highlights for the week. I hope you find them useful in your life! My goal as a person and a writer are to always Pay-It-Forward, so please let me know how I can help you. YES, YOU!</strong></span></em></p><p dir="ltr"><br /><em><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-92bc5db2-7fff-44ee-c58c-38de19ae5a95">Enjoy your weekend & this post! Amazing things to come!</strong></span></em></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><strong>~Amy<br /><br /></strong></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></strong></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">What am I Reading?</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> – Last week I was
given an assignment by my PA. I need to read and review four horror novels for
Halloween 2020. I picked my books and now I will start reading. Third on the
list – <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f22e5eb85e1e57c6a69ac65/4d2e904e20f0e816877764397f91813d/Intecepts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="230" src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f22e5eb85e1e57c6a69ac65/4d2e904e20f0e816877764397f91813d/Intecepts.jpg" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><br /></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Joe works at a facility that performs
human experimentation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">His work just followed him home.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The government wanted to unlock hidden
abilities in the human mind.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">They put subjects in extreme sensory
deprivation.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">All the test subjects went violently
insane.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">But the research continued.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Today it has been perfected.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Almost perfected.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<strong>What am I Listening to? –
</strong></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Take-Control-of-Your-Life-audiobook/dp/B07LFKZQGZ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Take+Control+of+Your+Life+%E2%80%93+Audible+Original&qid=1596121441&sr=8-1"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Mel Robbins – Take Control of Your
Life – Audible Original -</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Mel Robbins is back! The
international bestselling phenomenon and creator of The Five Second Rule and
Kick Ass with Mel Robbins returns to help you tackle the single biggest
obstacle you face: fear. This life-changing Audible Original features a
powerful mix of one-on-one life-coaching sessions and a personal narrative with
vital take-aways that you can start using immediately. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With humor
and wisdom, Mel Robbins expertly tackles the fear of change, rejection, and
being alone, as well as imposter syndrome and feeling trapped in the wrong
career. Each session is a goldmine of discovery as Mel guides you to find your
purpose, improve your relationships, and ultimately take control of your life.
In these times of high anxiety, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed - that changes
right now. If you want the tools to break free from fear and live to your
fullest potential, this is a must-listen.</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What Quote am I Pondering? – </b>“For
years we have thought of TRAUMA as physically events that are shocking and
scarring. Emotional trauma, while leaving no physical scars and is absorbed
instead of seen, is many times more severe and takes longer to resolve. Emotion
trauma becomes an unconscious truth we need to redefine.”</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What am I Researching? – </b>As
Stupid Car (my current WIP) is winding down I am surveying the options for my
next few projects. Lining up what I will need to complete. One of the topics I
will need to investigate and do some reading on is PTSD and Veteran services.
Thankfully, I have several real world resources for these!</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f22e5eb85e1e57c6a69ac65/dd533cdfb236317957904fb6065aa4dc/Buffalo_Chix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="160" src="https://trello-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/5eb3052cc158f403a47657a1/5f22e5eb85e1e57c6a69ac65/dd533cdfb236317957904fb6065aa4dc/Buffalo_Chix.jpg" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
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<strong>Yummy Meal of the Week –
</strong>Buffalo Chicken Meatballs! – I started out making these because I <i>craved</i>
them. Then an unexpected birthday party arose and I made them again – total hit
at the party! Wahoo for me. Spicy, Keto friendly and ohhh soooo addictive. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>What did I Learn? – </b>Like I said in
earlier posts, I am working on my baggage and letting it go! Something I heard
the other day was eye opening and I had a breakthrough concerning my own
anxiety and writing. It was a smack on the head moment, and I am happy I
uncovered it so I can move forward!</span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><strong style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">What am I Watching</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">? – Game of Thrones. I
have given up on watching with my son, he takes too long. I am on Season 6 Ep 8.
Also watched the Entertainment Tonight Reunion shows for Buffy and Angel. I
loved these shows so much! It was awesome hearing from Joss Wheadon and the
actors and actresses. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></font></span></p><p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-06b1c419-7fff-af4b-16cb-61e2793e20fd">*BONUS Content ~ </strong></p><p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-06b1c419-7fff-af4b-16cb-61e2793e20fd">That is all for this week, my lovelies!<br />I hope you have an amazing week, and I will talk to you all next Saturday!</strong></p><p dir="ltr"><strong id="docs-internal-guid-06b1c419-7fff-af4b-16cb-61e2793e20fd">Have any thoughts on my week’s activity or want to make a recommendation? Drop me a line or a tweet. One lucky commentor will win a free Romine book of their choice! Never want to miss a blog post or a Saturday Seven? Join my mailing list, and I will be happy to send it straight to your inbox!</strong><br /><br /><img align="center" data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/01a5fa9677eb63c62c7571a29/images/48dd6596-55ef-4bf7-9095-236437c1840d.jpg" data-file-id="5606525" height="300" src="https://mcusercontent.com/01a5fa9677eb63c62c7571a29/images/48dd6596-55ef-4bf7-9095-236437c1840d.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0px; width: 200px;" width="200" /></p><p><br /><strong> </strong></p><p> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><br data-cke-eol="1" /><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">###</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p></div></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://viewauthor.at/AmyRomine" target="_blank"><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Come Find M<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">e!</span></span></span></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><em><strong id="docs-internal-guid-92bc5db2-7fff-44ee-c58c-38de19ae5a95">~Amy</strong></em><br /><br /><strong id="docs-internal-guid-06b1c419-7fff-af4b-16cb-61e2793e20fd"><img data-cke-saved-src="https://mcusercontent.com/01a5fa9677eb63c62c7571a29/images/34069c69-e1ce-407a-80b2-4e71fc066149.jpg" data-file-id="5664994" height="300" src="https://mcusercontent.com/01a5fa9677eb63c62c7571a29/images/34069c69-e1ce-407a-80b2-4e71fc066149.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: 300px; margin: 0px; width: 200px;" width="200" /><br /><br />What am I Reading? – </strong>I was given an assignment by my PA. I need to read and review four horror novels for Halloween 2020. I picked my books and now I will start reading. First up is </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><strong>What did I Learn? – </strong>I learned, and I am learning what it means to go with the flow. While it the literary meaning is applicable. It can also speak to creativity and life flow. I am a huge fan of pocket and every day there is an article about scheduling, time management and productivity. While I am all about scheduling I am realizing a strict regiment may not be as awesome as I want it to be. We tend to be hard on ourselves if we (I) set up a schedule and then fail to execute. Sometimes it’s better to have a list of important items and get them accomplished as it naturally arises throughout the day. Maybe it is all progressive?<br /><br /><br /><strong>What am I Watching</strong>? – My new favorite show is <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12588286/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12588286/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1">BattlBox - Southern Survival – Outdoor Gear Tested</a> - The BattlBox crew tests out products designed to help people survive dangerous situations, including explosions, natural disasters and intruders. Watch it, totally worth it!<br /><br /></span></div>
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The Final Wars Begin (Final Wars Trilogy Book 1) by S. A. Asthana ~ ONE MAN
SETS IN MOTION THE COLLAPSE OF CIVILIZATION. It's 2209. World War III has left
humanity fragmented. Three colonies survive, each on a different world - Earth
supports New Paris, its moon has become Nippon One, and Mars has Port Sydney.
Trade and tensions bind them, keeping peace balanced on the edge of a
precipice. A cruel dictator rages on one world. A failed experiment plunges
another into financial ruin. Diplomatic pressures bear down on the third. All
it would take is for one man to tip everything over into conflict.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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LYONS. A man on the run, Bastien's moral compass has made him a fugitive in the
colonies. The odds against his escape are stacked high - a military robot built
to erase outlaws hunts him. So do bounty hunters. What's worse: Bastien finds
himself caught in a deadly political chess match between Earth and Mars. He must
not only outwit those threats but also create alliances to live. In doing so,
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still all about the DIY zone. Watching videos on reusing cardboard boxes,
wooden pallets, old clothes, old towels, decoupage, and fabric painting. I
bought a sketchbook and have been planning projects. Not sure where it is all
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but I am addicted. Strawberry Sprite @ Sonic. I limit myself to one a day and
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all over the place. To follow where the creative brain leads. I always get it
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Anatomy and finished Dead To Me (On Netflix) both were amazing. Love it! If you
have not seen Dead To Me, and or if you have kinda looked at it but not pushed
PLAY please do it! So worth it. ~ <i>Jen's husband recently died in a
hit-and-run, and the sardonic widow is determined to solve the crime.
Optimistic free spirit Judy has recently suffered a tragic loss of her own. The
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become unlikely friends. As the women bond over bottles of wine and a shared
affinity for "The Facts of Life," Judy tries to shield Jen from a
shocking secret that could destroy her life as she knows it. The dark comedy --
which explores the weirdly funny sides of grief, loss and forgiveness --
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br />Happy Saturday, what have you been up to this week? Here is a rundown of highlights for the week. I hope you find them useful in your life! My goal as a person and a writer are to always Pay-It-Forward, so please let me know how I can help you. YES, YOU!<br /><br /><br /> Enjoy your weekend & this post! Amazing things to come!<br /><br />~Amy</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Is Princess Blossom destined to be the last Queen of the South on Ledalath?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Finding a prince on a planet that has no royal males is not an easy task. For years, Blossom appealed to the gods for a mate to rule by her side. When the goddess of love finally answers her plea, she is sent far from her home planet to Venus. But how can she find a prince on a planet where there are no fairies?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Blossom sat on the rock again, pulled her robes tighter around her body, and continued to look at the glowing ball still resting on her palm. If she disobeyed the goddess, would Venus punish her? Her heart was torn. She should be faithful to her calling. To become the queen of the fairies. But a queen needed a king, and so far, no prince had come to claim her hand. She could not ascend the throne until she had a mate by her side. And her parents wanted to retire. Not too much pressure… But the king and queen had no answer for her either.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">No prince could ever arrive to vie for her hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">There was no royal male anywhere on Ledalath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Ledalath, the fairy planet, had four royal houses, one for each region, North, South, East, and West. Blossom’s parents were the ruling royals of the South. The other three royal rulers also had only daughters. Throughout thousands of years, it was the first time that no royal princes had been born on Ledalath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">And it was unheard of that she would choose a commoner to rule by her side. The question had not even come up, though she had thought about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Blossom had no sisters. Her parents had only had one child, so she was the crown princess, not even having the choice of abdication. She was destined to rule.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">The other three royal houses had royal daughters, more than one. But the oldest daughter of each house would share Blossom’s problem—no prince, no future king.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">And now the goddess wanted her to go to Venus where her wish would be granted? A prince on Venus? From what she had learned, the population of the planet was a huge mix of cultures from many worlds throughout the galaxy. How could there be a fairy prince there? Fairies only lived on Ledalath. Nowhere else.</span><br />
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