Create a Series Wiki
How to create a Wiki for your series novels? What is a series? A book series is a sequence of books with common characters, themes,...
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shirleycrow078
May 26, 20214 min read
How to Outline a Short Story
Why I outline? If you are reading this blog you either want to learn to outline or you haven’t ever done an outline for a short story,...
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shirleycrow078
May 19, 20212 min read
How to be a Guest Author
How to be a guest author on my blog? What is a guest author blog post? Some authors open up their blogs to other authors to promote their...
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shirleycrow078
May 12, 20214 min read
What is a subplot?
What is a subplot? Last week we talked about what plotting was. This week we will talk about what a subplot is and what to do with them....
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shirleycrow078
May 5, 20214 min read
What is Plotting?
My Journey Plotting a Short Story What is a Plot when it comes to writing? According to Harvey Chapman, © Novel Writing Help “Plot is...
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shirleycrow078
Apr 28, 20213 min read
Guest Author Blog- Matthew John Meagher
Matthew John Meagher; matthewjmeagher.com Author/Content-Editor/Co-Owner MARSMEN Ltd. Matthew John Meagher is a Colorado native and uses...
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shirleycrow078
Apr 21, 20213 min read
Guest Author- A. J. Quill
Hello all! First off, a big thanks to Shirley for extending the offer of guest authorship! It is delightful to see each of your thoughts...
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shirleycrow078
Apr 14, 20213 min read
Guest Author- Emily S. Hill
What a joy it is to be invited to share some insights into the topic of love on Shirley’s blog this week. I – a returning author – am...
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shirleycrow078
Apr 7, 20213 min read
First Week of Camp NaNoWriMo
If The Seas Catch Fire Book 3 of The Fire Series I’m drafting this book, so my goal is 50k words in under 30 days. I am taking Sundays...
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shirleycrow078
Mar 31, 20213 min read
How to Survive a Book Tour
What I’ve learned about doing my first book tour. What is a book tour? “A book tour is a promotion for a newly published book in which...
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shirleycrow078
Mar 24, 20213 min read
Support Authors
Share Your Stories Be a Guest Author What is a Guest Author? A Guest Author in this case is an author that is allowed to take over a blog...
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shirleycrow078
Mar 17, 20212 min read
Meet the Cast of Book 3
I am currently plotting this 50k word novel for my Camp NaNoWriMo project in April. I will be aiming for 2,273 words a day minus Sundays...
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shirleycrow078
Mar 10, 20216 min read
It begins: Plotting a 50k novel to write in under 30 days
Personal reasons why am I writing 50k words in under 30 days. Book 3 If The Seas Catch Fire is the third book in The Fire Series. There...
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shirleycrow078
Mar 3, 20212 min read
Seeking Guest Author Blog Posts.
Preparing for Camp NaNo Writing Book 3 of The Fire Series NaNoWriMo is a national writing community that has three events in the year....
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shirleycrow078
Feb 24, 20213 min read
Checking off my Bucket List
Making my dreams come true and how you can too. As far back as I can remember I have been an avid storyteller. I often used the worlds I...
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shirleycrow078
Feb 17, 20212 min read
What's it like after you publish your book?
What’s it like after publishing your book? Wow-what a crazy week. Some of you know that I live in North Texas and you’ve seen that the...
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shirleycrow078
Feb 10, 20214 min read
Launching a Book as a New Author
If you do a few searches on the internet you will find list on top of list on what do to do for a book launch. Learning that this...
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shirleycrow078
Feb 3, 20212 min read
A Strange Journey and What Did I Learn
Have you ever been working on a project and then you hit the final milestone or you’re so close that it is undeniable that you will make...
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shirleycrow078
Jan 27, 20215 min read
Let’s meet the cast of the upcoming novel Into the Fire.
Into the Fire is the 1st book in the Fire series and the theme of the series is how friends can be stronger than family. That being said...
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shirleycrow078
Jan 20, 20213 min read
What Inspired my Novel Into the Fire
Before I can answer this question I have to go a little farther back in time. You would have to learn something about me first before we...
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