We’re all going on a road trip.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. You’re going on a road trip: where are you headed? With who? What are your snacks? Music? Plans? A road trip. Now there’s something that hasn’t been a … Continued

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The things that people say. When they think you can’t hear them.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. How often do you overhear an awesome one-liner or witty comeback, and tell yourself you need to write that down to use for one of your characters? I’m … Continued

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Bending the rules, is that one genre, or several?

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Is ‘genre-bending’ and ‘genre hybrid’ a reality or a fallacy? Has plot changed since Shakespeare or the Bible? I think that stories, if they’re good enough, transcend genre. … Continued

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I’d like to thank you all for your support.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Do your family and friends support your career as a writer? To be honest, most of them can’t believe that I write anything at all. Because of that, … Continued

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Setting the scene, without sending the reader to sleep.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. What’s your best technique for working around backstory dumps? I try to avoid information dumping. When I’m reading for pleasure, I hate reading anything that feels like a … Continued

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