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Assorted Monsters

Do you like Vampires? Demons? Werewolves?
I do. Well, I like the stories, not the monsters. I don’t think I’d want to ever encounter a real vampire, or get bitten by a werewolf.
Kinda not my thing, the whole blood and pain deal.
Writing about it? Sure.

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I have a habit and I’m not a nun

There are different habits, different ways of doing things. None of us are the same, we all have our little quirks. Little things we like to do. What works for one person, might not work for another.

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Put some soul into it!

That query thing is hard.
Worse, it’s putting your heart and soul out there.
I’ve heard so many different takes on this. Pretty much everyone told me “Be professional”.
Well, duh. I am.

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Arrr me ‘earties!

I’m sure all of us are guilty of downloading something we shouldn’t, or using some shareware program beyond it’s terms.
How many people downloaded Winzip and kept using it? (I think it expires now, but not sure. My copy doesn’t, because it’s… well… a legal one.)
Yes, I’ve done it. I don’t anymore, because good software, or good music, or a good book, is worth supporting the author / artist. Let’s face it, if we don’t pay for the stuff we use, then how are the people creating it supposed to earn anything, so they can keep producing things we like?

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Things I’d like to see…

From Writers Organizations – Ebook  / Print author equality  Join the 21st Century, people! Yes, it’s very nice to be published in print, but a lot of books are ebooks now. It’s time to treat a writer like a published … Continue reading

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