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Never Finished
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. Fellow writers—does it ever seem to you as if a writing project is never truly finished? If you have a contract and a deadline, there is a point where you have to say “Enough!” and … Continue reading
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Tagged A Who's Who of Tudor Women, final drafts, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, research, revising
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Did You Ever Wish You Owned A Horse?
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, thinking about horses. I have no idea why, but when I was contemplating possible blog topics the other day, this one popped into my head. First let me say that, no, I never wanted to … Continue reading
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Tagged Face Down series, horses, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, research, riding, teenage interests
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A Very Fine House (but only one cat in the window)
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here, again blogging with family photos, but this time there’s a difference. There is actually a connection to my mystery novels. When I set out to write the Deadly Edits series as Kaitlyn Dunnett, I decided … Continue reading
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Tagged cats, Deadly Edits Mysteries, family photos, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kathy Lynn Emerson, memories, Mikki Lincoln, research
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Hubris—it’s a terrible thing.
Just when you thought you knew everything… back to the research drawing board you go. I’m a big fan of research. Heck, I was student library president in high school. I have a degree in history, and I spent forty … Continue reading
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Tagged Florida Keys, research, SCUBA diving, Shipwrecks, Thunderbolt
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Old Scenes, New Places
First an announcement, and maybe a drumroll. No Return, the first in the Maine Lodge series is finished. I’m not going to lie. Writing this book has been an eighteen-month slog. There were times it felt as long as a … Continue reading
Apparently I’m Guilty of Destroying Women’s History
Kaitlyn Dunnett/Kathy Lynn Emerson here. Yes, you read the title of this blog correctly. In the not-so-humble opinion of a woman who e-mailed me several months ago, by putting a copyright notice on A Who’s Who of Tudor Women (a … Continue reading
Why Getting It Right Should Matter
Kathy Lynn Emerson here, fired up to tackle an old pet peeve of mine—writers (and editors and reviewers) who don’t seem to care about using forms of address correctly. Just because a book is fiction doesn’t mean it’s okay to … Continue reading
Writer Beware by Kait Carson
It takes a long time to write a book. The time between inspiration and publication often spans years. This can be a problem for writers who sprinkle their books with identifiable locations. Places change, buildings fall, natural disasters occur, wars … Continue reading
A Writer’s Education and a Rant
John Clark: I’ve just finished the rough draft for what is my 13th book (either written or in some form of completion). Don’t Say It began four years ago as the following concept: Thirteen year old boy with OCD which … Continue reading
Adventure or Misadventure?
Susan Vaughan here. I’ve written about this misadventure before, but readers and other writers have encouraged me to share it again. I think they need a chuckle or two. Several years ago when the Romance Writers of America conference was … Continue reading
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Tagged crime writing, Maine Crime Writers, museum, mystery writing, research, Ring of Truth, Susan Vaughan
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