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lesaboutin
- Mar 29, 2022
- 2 min
My Writing Became a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
In my previous post, Writing My Way Out of the Darkness, I shared how I was diving back into writing as a means of healing after my...
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lesaboutin
- Feb 9, 2022
- 3 min
Personify Story Setting and It Will Give You Advice
Using personification in writing.
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lesaboutin
- Jan 26, 2022
- 2 min
Your Villain's Resume
Ideas for writing a better villain.
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lesaboutin
- Jan 18, 2022
- 2 min
Developing Characters Without the Hassle
How to develop characters in a novel.
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lesaboutin
- Jan 13, 2022
- 3 min
Cutting the Extra from Your Manuscript
Not to offend anyone, but the truth is, I don’t like verbose writing. I didn’t say I don’t like a long book, and I’m not talking about...
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lesaboutin
- Jan 6, 2022
- 5 min
I'm a Writer and a Loser
Loser: 1: a person or thing that loses especially consistently 2: a person who is incompetent or unable to succeed 3: something doomed to...
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lesaboutin
- Dec 30, 2021
- 3 min
Writing My Way Out of the Darkness
I started this site in fall of 2019. I’d been having fun creating some videos and decided to share them here. But within a short time, my...
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lesaboutin
- Oct 21, 2019
- 2 min
Renderforest Video Maker
As a self-published author, I'm always looking for efficient ways to promote and market my work. So, while exploring options for best...
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lesaboutin
- Oct 21, 2019
- 4 min
The Novel Starter Composition Book
Sometimes life doles out a departure from the norm. The summer of 2017 was that for me, in more ways than one, and the Novel Starter...
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lesaboutin
- Oct 21, 2019
- 4 min
Snakes. Why’d it Have to be Snakes On the Book Cover?
My adventures in book covers continued with the next book in the Amanda Noble series. I’d gotten lucky with the first book since I needed...
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lesaboutin
- Oct 21, 2019
- 3 min
I Needed a Book Cover
When I decided not to use the cover mock-up with the Steve Irwin caricature for my first book, Amanda Noble, Zookeeper Extraordinaire, I...
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lesaboutin
- Oct 21, 2019
- 3 min
When an International Tragedy Affects a Book Cover
In my last post, I mentioned working in a middle school library when I wrote Amanda Noble, Zookeeper Extraordinaire, now called Amanda...
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lesaboutin
- Oct 21, 2019
- 1 min
Cover Up
Recently, while rummaging through old photos, I started thinking about the evolution of the Amanda Noble covers, how much fun it’s been...
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lesaboutin
- Oct 21, 2019
- 2 min
A Diet of Poetry
In my last post, I wrote about using poetry in my creative writing classrooms, and how that changed my fiction writing. I'm continuing my...
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lesaboutin
- Oct 21, 2019
- 3 min
Poetry Put My Prose on a Diet
By definition, prose is dull. Look it up. Merriam-Webster defines it as: 1.) ordinary language people use in speaking or writing. 2.) a...
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