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Diana Stout MFA Ph.D. – screenwriter, author
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Category Archives: Publishing books
A Writing Career Path: Finding the Joy
I found joy as a writer, but I almost gave it up. Writing is so much about the journey. Continue reading
Posted in #IWSG, Inspiration, Motivation, Publishing books, Writer at Work, writing, Writing Behind the Scenes
Tagged #IWSG, #writingcommunity, #WritingLife, Blogging
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Cover Adventures: Creating Covers
Not all covers are created the same. Nor do all authors travel the same journey in the creation of those covers. Continue reading
Posted in #IWSG, Covers, Laurel Ridge novellas, Publishing books, Writing Behind the Scenes
Tagged #IWSG, #writingcommunity, #WritingLife, Blogging, Diana Stout
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How to Redeem Unredeemed Gifts on Amazon
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group For November 6, 2019 Rather than answering the question posed to the group this month, which was What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever googled in researching a story?, for which I had no good answer, … Continue reading
Guest blogger – Keri Kruspe, Part II
As a follow up to Keri’s August 21, 2019 post as a guest blogger, where she talked about the things she wished she’d known before publishing her first book, in today’s post, she talks about the things she did right. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Inspiration, Persistance, Publishing books
Tagged #Iamwriting, #WritingLife, writing
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Personal Traits and Deepening Characters
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group July question: What personal traits have you written into your character(s)? Personal Traits & Deepening Characters Currently writing a romance series of seven novellas, I’m starting the first draft of the fourth novella, Buried Hearts. … Continue reading
Creating a Cover
For the past month, I’ve been involved with designing two books covers, or rather, I’ve had two different cover designers creating them for me. In both instances, I had an original vision, but in one instance, I had created an … Continue reading
Error-Free Writing
When I made the decision to leave academic teaching and become a full-time writer, I knew the days would be long. I had this vision that I would be writing new prose every day. Now that I’ve been at this … Continue reading
Posted in Errors when writing, Publishing books, writing
Tagged writing, writing errors
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