Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Category: Jane
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Diana Does It Again
Diana, my cover artist, is an…artist! I would have never thought to reflect the sky in the water. She brightened up what I thought might be a too dark image after my fun beach cover from Jane 1. Jane 2 is more edgy than cozy. Although there’s also some wonderful romance. And while the murder…
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Happy Writing Holidays
Stephen King does it every single day, sometimes including Christmas day. So does Nora Roberts. What is “it”? Writing. Some of us can’t go even a day without pen and paper or a keyboard. Unless we get our writing fix, things just don’t feel right. That’s true for me, too, but I am not wealthy…
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Character Arc
In three weeks, Al, my husband, is retiring from his career of 40+ years in the same building, with the same company. We’ve been married 35 years, so as long as I’ve known him, he has gone to his job every day. In that time, I’ve changed jobs six times. What this means is that…
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Renewing Writing Practices
Reading and journaling these past weeks with Colleen Story’s game changing Writer Get Noticed, so many of my writing plans have come into sharper focus, including how best to adjust my writing practices. Specifically, I’m looking at changing writing routines when my husband retires at the end of the year. When I finish Jane in…
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My Revision Process
I write a first draft with no revision. Just flat out write it. I finished my current WIP “Jane” in November 2018. Then it was Christmas. Then I went to Florida for six weeks. During this time I kept pulling chapters to feed to my critique group, even though they were first draft. I would…