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No Rage Stalking Here – Why I Welcome Critical Reviews

Karin Kallmaker 11/07/2014 Awards and Reviews, Craft of Writing 9 Comments

Authors behaving badly. Readers retaliating. This is why we can’t have nice things? Like a viable feedback loop that helps writers grow and readers get better books for their money?

#lesfic#ReadersareEarnedAuthors Behaving BadlyReviews

Writing a Book – Mowing the Lawn

Karin Kallmaker 05/20/2012 Craft of Writing

The quip above was almost an aside, but I have thought of it often.

#MowingtheLawnGarrison Keillor
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Autocorrect and Anatomies of Typographical Errors

Karin Kallmaker 03/14/2012 Craft of Writing, Roller Coaster, Touchwood - First Edition

How do weird typos still find their way into final manuscripts? Let’s start with “balsalmic.”

#lesfic#writingpridebalsamic
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What Romance Writers Actually Do

Karin Kallmaker 02/12/2012 Craft of Writing, Favorite Things

My take on the “What We Actually Do” meme for Romance Writers.

#amwriting#lesfic#mylesbianfreespeech#romancewriterLesbian Romance

Roller Coaster – Before and After the Self-Edit

Karin Kallmaker 07/10/2011 Craft of Writing, Roller Coaster

What the editor will focus on, I hope, is if this scene is where the book should begin. For this book, choosing the opening has been the single most important decision I’ve had to make, and I’ve agonized.

#amediting#practicepracticepractice
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