Hot New Book Releases–January 2015

Wow!  Happy 2015, you guys! Can you believe we are starting a new year already?  I sure cant! It’s a new month, and that means time to look at what books are coming out this month!  For those of you new to my blog, each month towards the beginning of the month I share with you a list of books I am looking forward to that are releasing that month.  (well, I say each month. Sometimes I just don’t have time. These posts take FOEVER to compile!) Please keep in…

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Guest Post: Seth Fishman

Every moment in a book has its challenges.  How to open, how to close.  How to drum up tension, how to make something seem real.  How to add the taste of the wind, how to give texture to the physicality of the environment. I found that I didn’t have many problems writing the rough of any scene, but the shaping and coloring, the bringing out the reality often became a challenge, especially if I felt my own knowledge was lacking.  Take writing from a teenage girl’s perspective.  I haven’t been…

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