In addition to not having a husband/father like Trinity in Dexter…
~ CIS, Chaos and Destruction
~ My mom, father and sisters
~ My health
~ My job
~ My writing
~ My editor
~ My friends
~ Military men and women
~ Great books and movies
I hope you have a tremendous day surrounded by people and things that you’re thankful for.

Truman Capote said “I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.” It’s certainly going to be a true statement for me as I head into my next revision project.
I’m now officially half way through the writing course that I’m taking by Margie Lawson on Empowering Character Emotions. Some days the lessons make my brains feel like mushed potatoes, but every day that I work on the lessons I learn new ways to improve my writing. [...]

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80’s arrived at the hospital to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.
I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with [...]

Margie Lawson has a gift of teaching authors how to improve their craft. She also offers a How-To series through her website, so be sure to check it out. She’s awesome.
Features Elizabeth Lyon, Wednesday, Nov. 18th
MANUSCRIPT MAKEOVER
“The Writer” magazine selected Manuscript Makeover as one of “10 Great Writing Books in 2008.”
Elizabeth Lyon:
– Bestselling author of six books for writers with over 65,000 sold, including “The Sell Your Novel Tool Kit”
– Independent book editor since 1988
– Founder of Editing International
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Chat it up! There could be goodies in store for you. ;) Okay, so I’ll be having a drawing at the end of the day to give away a chocolate fondue pot.
You have to drive further and further to escape the lights of the cities, to see the stars and to taste fresh air. As a writer, you talk about writing what you know or what you have experienced. For over a decade, I lived in the wildly [...]