A Change in World View

#30days30authors I have always tried to grasp why it is that women are regarded as somehow lesser than men in our culture. It never made any sense to me. Even now, some people seem to feel it’s okay to disregard my opinion on everything from science to politics to warfare, simply because I was born […]

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30 Days, 30 Authors

#30days30authors Over the next 30 Days, I will be participating in a challenge!  30 authors have joined forces to tell our readers a bit more about ourselves and each other.  You’ll find different posts about different subjects here (not all spam about my books, don’t worry!) and on all my social media accounts (see the […]

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The War on Dialogue Tags

I am not a fan of this current fad to strip all dialogue tags! This is the current wisdom in editing.  It’s believed that things that are not “said” or “asked” are distracting and should be cut.  It is “justified,” for example, by the conventional wisdom that you can’t “growl” a sentence; a “growl” is […]

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