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I love it when my turn to blog straddles the November and December holidays. Though it’s dark early and cold often, this time of year puts me in a grateful mood, something to celebrate indeed in these times. It’s easier to ignore the grim headlines and focus on the hopeful ones when I’m in a thankful headspace.
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Best tip for writers: not to listen to any silly tips for writers. ~~Joyce Carol Oates
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Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. The other day my friends over at the Word Wenches blog answered a reader question about where they got their characters’ names. A couple of days later, the same topic came up at Jungle Red. Baby books were a popular source. So were contemporary documents and family trees for historical novels. I’ve used both, but I realized, thinking a...
Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson (Monday), Kate Flora (Tuesday), Brenda Buchanan (Thursday) and John Clark (Friday), with a Writing Tip from Matt Cost on Wednesday.
In the news department, here’s what’s happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers:
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