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Brainstorming 2013
This week I’ve welcomed my brainstorming buddies to our Chautauqua hideaway to spend four days tossing around ideas about upcoming novels, everything from entire plots to key ideas we need help with. If you missed my previous posts about previous brainstorming sessions and the way we conduct them, you can find them here and here…
Read MoreFiction Friday: Another Time and Place, and Another Author
Welcome to Fiction Friday, my chance each week to share excerpts of my own novels or novels of other writers that I think you might like. Today is one of the latter. If you’ve followed my blog you know that author Diane Chamberlain is a good friend and one of my own favorite reads. Diane’s…
Read MoreWeird Writing Rituals: Wandering, Reclining and Drinking Your Way to a Better Novel
This week Copyblogger featured an article guaranteed to catch my eye: 8 Strange Rituals of Very Productive Writers. Seventy novels later I guess I think of myself as productive and possibly quite strange. So, of course, I had to find out what odd and amazing things my fellow writers do, just in case I want to add…
Read MoreThe Conversation Concludes: Diane and Emilie
Diane Chamberlain and I have been chatting back and forth for the past two weeks, covering subjects like how to present “unsympathetic” characters sympathetically, character growth and change, whether characters become real to us, and more. If you missed the previous posts, you can scroll down here for my portions, and visit Diane’s blog, as…
Read MoreThe Conversation Continues: Emilie And Diane
Today the fun is definitely at Diane Chamberlain’s blog as Diane and I continue our conversation about “difficult” characters, choices we make as writers, and other writing topics. Friday the conversation returns to my blog for (most likely) the final salvo. So scoot over to Diane’s blog today for the newest scoop. And don’t forget!…
Read MoreA Conversation with Diane and Emilie
Diane Chamberlain, one of my best friends as well as one of my favorite authors, is joining me for a chat on our blogs. To celebrate my new book, One Mountain Away, we decided to have a conversation about characters—specifically characters who might not be all that sympathetic, at least not at first blush. We started our chat…
Read MoreA Conversation with Diane Chamberlain
Diane Chamberlain and I are having a conversation about writing, our books, how to make characters come alive, and lots more. Diane began it today and you can find it right here. Tune in at my blog on Friday for the second part. Oh, there are books to give away, too. See you there and…
Read MoreA Match Made in Heaven: Joanna Slan and Charlotte Bronte
Welcome to my good friend and guest blogger, Joanna Slan, who’s just begun an exciting new series, the Jane Eyre Chronicles. To celebrate, she’s promised to give one autographed copy of Death of a Schoolgirl to a Southern Exposure reader. To enter leave a comment here for Joanna before midnight Friday. Take it away, Joanna. “Friendship however is a plant which cannot…
Read MoreThe Write Way: The Secret Writing Life of Author Diane Chamberlain
A warm welcome to Diane Chamberlain and many thanks for her willingness to share writing tips today. I’ve interviewed Diane at Southern Exposure before, but today Diane has agreed to talk more specifically about the way she writes. Her newest book The Good Father just arrived at bookstores, so I thought it would be fun…
Read MoreContests and Giveaways: Bonuses for Readers
I’m back from two weeks of searching for a new place to live. We “think” we may have found the right spot, but so far, no house, so no announcement. Having the freedom to move anywhere we can afford is daunting and exhilarating at the same time. All those options! Meantime, my wonderful friends are…
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