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I'm a mainstream romance novelist and I recently have become obsessed with short stories of the literary vein. I have three novels out so far [Finishing Touches, Rehearsal: A Different Drummer, & Rehearsal: The Highest Aim] and another expected in fall

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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Creating characters that will make your fiction fly: 1 of 18

Characterization, more than nearly any other aspect of writing, is what binds readers to your story or steers them away. Plots are used and overused, and rehashed again. Let's face it, there are no actual new plots. There are variations and subplots, but the stories have been told. A writer can only hope to tell a story agai...
Arts & Humanities > Marketing & Selling Writing Should you sign with a legitimate book publisher or self-publish?: 4 of 13

First off, the question stated here is highly biased. "Legitimate" being used in place of "traditional" gives a sense that those authors not using one of the top 5 publishing companies or one of the thousands of small press publishers is not publishing "legitimately" and that is not at all true. The question is not about sel...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Working Parents Stay at home vs. working moms: Why the debate is irrelevant: 10 of 22

Of course we know all moms are working moms. If they aren't, if they sit back and do nothing for their children leaving it all to those around them, they are egg donors, not moms. That being the case, how moms choose to work is a personal issue, and often an economic issue. There are moms who have to be out of the house earn...
Politics, News & Issues > US Elections Who won the second presidential debate, McCain or Obama?: 1 of 2

The man who said, "You don't want to listen to us point fingers" did that in the first thing he said during the October 7th debate, attacking President Bush with his first words of the night. Both before and after Obama told us we didn't want finger pointing, he did so. Yes, both sides did, but then McCain didn't stand there...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Friendship: 25 of 35

from "Rehearsal: A Different Drummer" ~~ ~~ ~~ Evan pulled his dark brown Mercury Cougar in front of "Ein Bisschen Luxus" in English, a little luxury. A funny place for his friend to land. Besides being at least twice as far away from the bus station as it would have been if he had gone the opposite direction, the little caf...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Relationships: 67 of 88

from Finishing Touches ISBN 0-7414-1647-6 ~~ ~~ ~~ "Jenna? Jenna, what are you thinking so hard about?" Alan's voice drew her from her memories, and she took a deep, quick breath, answering evasively. "College." "Oh? Are you thinking about going?" He sat back against the couch, keeping his eyes away from the feeding baby. "G...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Child Behavior & Discipline (Other) Become an advocate for your child's education: 14 of 17

"A child miseducated is a child lost." John F. Kennedy We are losing our children. We are losing them to the streets, to the celebs they choose as role models, and to the fights over the newest game systems. Our children are losing the ability to read. It is a growing problem; growing as quickly as the numbers of children di...
Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Love: 71 of 77

from "Rehearsal: A Different Drummer" (Fugue, 25 April) ISBN 0-7414-3267-6 ~~ ~~ ~~ Susie stepped out of her final pose, her harder breathing making her chest rise and fall. "What do you think?" Duncan's thoughts were beyond words, a rare occasion. Watching her teach was always a privilege. Being alone in her audience while ...