Don’t you hate this feeling? I swear, I’ve listened to podcasts and webinars until I’m ready to scream, read blog post after blog post, followed self-publishing threads at Absolute Write, and I’m still not sure how to market my books.…
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Captive Hope Is Here!
There’s a new installment in the history of The Twelve Realms! For those of you not yet familiar with them, their tale is chronicled by the inimitable Rachael Ritchey. The story began with The Beauty Thief, where Caityn struggles to…
When to follow the rules?
Okay, I love Pink Floyd’s music (although my favorite album was Wish You Were Here), but Grammarly’s absolutely right. Still, it was an effective protest. When do we follow the rules, and when should we deliberately break them? If we…
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Interview with C.H. Armstrong
What was the funniest mistake you’ve made as a writer? I’ve made so many mistakes it’s embarrassing! Sometimes I get so focused on the story that my fingers work faster than my brain. In the manuscript for my YA novel,…
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The Edge of Nowhere by C.H. Armstrong
This is a book about survival. It’s a theme I strongly relate to, one I’ve used in my own books. Set in the terrible Oklahoma Dust Bowl of the 1930s, the story chronicles the life of Victoria Hastings. The historical…
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Who Do You Write Like?
Okay, you write like you, and that’s as it should be. But still, there are commonalities in writing, and there are those we aspire to be something like. I’d LOVE to be told I write like Rudyard Kipling–James Joyce not…
What to Do about Time?
Ha. If I had a time machine, right now I wouldn’t go back in history or do anything amazingly cool with it. I’d just use it to catch up. It’s not exactly riveting narrative material. But the time crunch is…
I Won A Thinkerbeat Contest
The New Year is starting off well for me. Okay, I’m exhausted, and I burnt myself out writing Christmas stories. (I learned an important lesson about limits, though. A dozen shorts in under three weeks is too much for me.)…
Cathleen Townsend 