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How I Learned to Stop Pantsing and Get Words on the Page
You could say I’ve been at this game a long time. My first publication credits were in teen magazines in the late 1960s. My first traditionally published book was released in 2014. Since that time, I’ve published two additional books. … Continue reading
Speed and Accuracy
A Wednesday Writing Tip It’s taken me three years to write my latest novel, and it’s not quite done. Oh, I finished it a year ago, but then a publisher requested edits, so…. Yep, working on it. I expected to … Continue reading
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Tagged Outlining, writing tips
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The Art of Seduction
By Kait Carson I’m fighting with myself right now. That title opens a lot of doors. So many possibilities. No, I’ll behave. Gotta grow up sometime. I can hear my blogmates laughing. Perhaps a better title would be The Seduction … Continue reading
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Tagged Deep Edits, Hayden Kent Mysteries, No Return, Point of View changes
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Writing Tip Wednesday – Tossing the spaghetti
by Kait Carson When it comes to the mechanics of writing, I’m a spaghetti against the wall type of person. I’ve scribbled Morning Pages as described by Julia Cameron. Dabbled with bullet point and deep outlining. Begun with deep character … Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
By Kait Carson Hi readers and fellow crime writers. I’d planned to write a learned essay about the seduction of editing this month, but hey, it’s the penultimate day before Christmas. Instead of reading about the writing life, no matter … Continue reading
A Few of My Favorite Things
By Kait Carson As I write this, I’m waiting for the sun to come up so I can shovel our very first accumulating snow of the year. Shoveling snow is not one of my favorite things, but I don’t mind … Continue reading
Talking Shop—Who’s your victim?
“Everybody, sooner or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences.” Robert Louis Stevenson I write murder mysteries. Although they don’t all start out that way, and sometimes aren’t meant to be about murder at all. The story may begin … Continue reading
The Long Goodbye
Last month I wrote about sagging middles. You will be happy to know I’ve been working out, so there is hope the problem…. Oh, sorry, wrong middle. Back to the blog. This month, I’m talking about endings. Not mine—hopefully — … Continue reading
Sagging Middles
Talk about life imitating art! Sagging middles describes it all. Some of you, of a certain age, are nodding in agreement. Others are scratching their heads. Stick with me here. I’m a runner. Not a competitive one, but one who … Continue reading
The Summer I became a Writer
There are two questions often asked of writers. The first, where do your ideas come from? The second, when did you know you wanted to write? My dad, and one very magical summer, serves as my reply. We learned cursive … Continue reading
