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amiegibbons15
Aug 19, 20153 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Step One in Dr. Amie’s Plot Fixer Elixer – The Blurb.
I gave myself (and you!) a challenge here to fix the drunken cat plots of your first (or second, fifth, whatever) novel. If you’re...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 18, 20154 min read
Trademark Searching for the Small Business Owner
(Usual upfront disclaimer, yes I am a lawyer, no I am not your lawyer. All of this is extremely generalized and simplified legal...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 17, 20151 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
What dancing gorilla? New sex project lands man in hospital. Breathing blood is fun. Every Monday I’ll give you a wacky prompt or three...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 16, 20152 min read
Recount the Year in Writing
Every once in awhile (or about once a week) writers get down and wonder if we’ve really done anything. We haven’t finished that book,...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 15, 20154 min read
We Investigate Zebras – Excerpt
I finally finished a short story set in my second series that I started 5 years ago. I know! What can I say, I had to get some new...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 14, 20152 min read
The Business of Writing Checklist
I’m launching my publishing house and putting out my finished short stories soon and there’s just a ton to do! There’s things you never...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 12, 20151 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Author Website Design
Everything I’ve read about the subject says you must have an author website. It doesn’t have to be fancy, just a professional storefront...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 10, 20151 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
Drunk house party goes bad. Woman pulls into her driveway at 3 a.m., why? The preacher says, “Speak now.” Every Monday I’ll give you a...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 8, 20151 min read
Happy International Cats Day!
Hey guys, I’m at Starbucks, picking my brain into confetti trying to get something useful to flake off because I haven’t really written...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 7, 20154 min read
Life Doesn’t Have Participation Trophies
(Titus clip below. I do not mean to violate copyright, just share something from Youtube that is truly hilarious.)...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 5, 20153 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Blogging to Build an Author Platform
I ran across a post today on how blogs aren’t as great for building an author platform as they are made out to be. It’s...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 4, 20152 min read
Eye of the Beholder
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. That’s what they always say, right? When it comes to art, there is no such thing as objective....
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amiegibbons15
Aug 3, 20151 min read
E-Book Pricing – A Survey
As I’ve said on here before (shouted from the rooftops, whatever) I am finally publishing. I’m putting a few of my shorts out on the...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 3, 20151 min read
Introducing Evie Jones – Book Cover Photoshoot
My bf and I found an awesome model and got some great pics to be on the covers for the Evie Jones short stories. (All pictures in this...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 3, 20151 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
1. Bombs placed in the strangest places 2. Frosting the book went well 3. Dancing with the snake Every Monday I’ll give you a wacky...
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amiegibbons15
Aug 1, 20152 min read
Trying to Break Up the Writer’s Block? Try a Round Robin.
Over on the Nanowrimo website we’ve started a Round Robin. That’s when someone starts the story and sets the main characters and main...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 31, 20155 min read
Flashback Friday – Why We Pound on the Publishing Door
This is a re-post of one of my best (in my humble opinion) posts on writing so far. It was a guest post on one of my favorite writing...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 30, 20151 min read
A Laugh for Your Night
Hey guys, I’m trying to write even though I have no hope of meeting my Camp Nano goal because I’ve had a long week with a lot of stuff...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 29, 20152 min read
It’s My Birthday!
It’s my birthday!!! I love my birthday, it’s the day everything is about me. I think I feel this way because technically it’s not just...
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amiegibbons15
Jul 28, 20151 min read
#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
This is trending on Twitter right now and some of them are hilarious. I picked my top ten from the ones so far. People are still adding...
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