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Kendall Hanson
I think I will eventually get around to such a story. But for now I plan to push on and finish up the first series. Let me just say that while Farr and Jack may remain lifelong friends, they won't necessarily remain lifelong companions. But yes, down the road, I would like to explore the idea of Charlie and Sun Qi as parents.
Kendall Hanson
Readers! I love to get input from others. Even the worst of it can only make you better. If you don't have a thick skin, you might not want to think about becoming a writer because you are going to need it.
Kendall Hanson
I'm currently finishing up an edit for my first full-length western, The Bordello Kid, which is due out on August 8, 2015. Even though I'm basically a pantser, I'm in the outline process for The Auditor from Arlington which will be the kick-off volume in a new cozy mystery series set in the fictional town of Kingsport, Washington, on the rugged Kitsap Peninsula, just 16 miles northwest of downtown Seattle. But with a murder mystery, you at least have to figure out the crime before you start to write.
Kendall Hanson
I stop looking at the Internet and begin to look at the Scrivener screen.
Kendall Hanson
I've always thought stagecoach drivers were overlooked. It was a difficult job, and they were even overlooked on Tales of Wells Fargo where Del Hardy had all the fun.
Kendall Hanson
I ignore it. Even if you just start writing gibberish, eventually your lizard brain will kick in and eventually thoughts will work their way up to the primate level.
Jim Steinberg
Yes indeed! Just begin. Follow your nose and a story trail will emerge. Don't get bogged down in planning it out. You will find the story. You can mas
Yes indeed! Just begin. Follow your nose and a story trail will emerge. Don't get bogged down in planning it out. You will find the story. You can massage it into shape later.
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Kendall Hanson
Never give up. Never give up. Never give up.
I think Winston Churchill once offered the same advice about a different topic.
I think Winston Churchill once offered the same advice about a different topic.
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