Let’s Talk About Characters

If you’ve been writing for a while, this will be old information. But, I think it’s worth repeating. In each story, there should be a range of characters with different voices, traits, and personalities. In YOU’RE BUSTING MY NUPTIALS,(due for release Sept. 1) I have...

FIVE SECRETS TO A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE

Okay, you may be asking yourself how I, Ann Everett, author of humorous, romance, mysteries know the five secrets to a successful marriage. Well, here are my credentials. I’ve got 45 years under my belt with the same guy and I still like him! Of course I love him too....

BUSTING WRITERS’ BLOCK

I read something the other day which made me laugh. Bad writers never get writers’ block! I think there’s something to that. I suppose if you believe everything you write is great, you’ll never get stumped by making your plot work, or defining your characters just...

MAGIC MIKE FAILS TO CAST A SPELL ON ME

SPOILER ALERT I went to see Magic Mike yesterday and I’ve gotta say I was somewhat disappointed. Having been an audience member, on more than one occasion, of the first male strip club in Dallas, LaBare, I guess I was expecting the same format. Boy, the...

FATHER’S DAY

A few years ago, my parents were celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary and we thought it would be a good idea to make a memory book having each child, grandchild and great- grandchild, share a special memory they each had of the couple. After all, what can you...

GET TO KNOW YOUR CHARACTERS

Has this ever happened to you? You’re reading over a work-in-progress and discover you’ve used the name of a character from a previous story for your leading man in the current one? When this happened to me, I decided it was time to make a cast of...

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