Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Year: 2012
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Building a World
Every novel has its own world. My mom says my grandmother was always in “her own world.” But where world-building really counts is in paranormal stories. I saw a great presentation on it that gave all the reasons why you should build your world BEFORE you write your novel or series. Unfortunately, I saw that…
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Gypsy Time
Yesterday I got a note from my would-be editor who said I can expect some feedback on Blue Heaven in 8 weeks. That’s a long time. But not in publishing land. It’s the blink of an eye and I should be grateful and I am except now– Well now there is nothing stopping me working…
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Into the Mystic
I’m a little bit of a mystic sometimes. One of the things that I feel was fated for me was being born at this time as a writer, both as an indie writer and with an established e-publisher. Online publisher The Wild Rose Press put out The Paris Notebook and they are part of that mix of my writing…
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Wheat Belly Flop
Even as I read the first section of “Wheat Belly” I knew it was too good to be true. What is true is that I need to lose a significant amount of weight around my middle. Welcome to middle age! Have you heard yet about yo-yo dieters dilemma? (Hello, my name is Cindy, and I am a yo-yo…
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Creative Juice
Just signed up for this year’s Rochester Writer’s Conference put together by DWW member Michael Dwyer. Michael does so much in the Michigan writing community: he is set to sponsor a writing contest, runs an open monthly workshop, creates an annual conference. Having so recently had a taste of what it takes to make a conference go, I really don’t…