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Here I am planning all the stuff for ‘Hype Week’ and getting all my advertising sites checked to make sure they’re still around. Spending December 1st contacting all of them and getting the ball rolling on Allure of the Gypsies. There’s just one problem:
What do I blog about once the hype is done?
My mind is struggling to find topics to write posts and poems about. I’ll have the daily ‘Check out this Volunteer’ post for the blog tour, but I don’t want that to be it. I also don’t want to post about my book every day. News of its progress is one thing, but ‘Buy My Book’ posts get tedious.
So, I come to the 10’s of people who read my posts. Is there any topic you wish for me to write about? A question, a poem, or anything. I’m curious if there’s a topic I’ve never thought about that people might bring up.
And lest we forget:
Legends of Windemere 
Oh… I have an idea. I might steal it from myself too. But after it all go to Wikipedia and on the home page they always have featured articles and on this day in history things. You could write about something there that seems interesting.
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Interesting. I’ll have to try that. Currently, it’s Lambeosaurs. Hopefully, I don’t get Christmas on the day I attempt this.
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I get a lot out your posts on the mechanics of storytelling. You have a gift for taking a common fictional trope and breaking it down to see how it works. Things I like to see you tackle? Romantic leads, characters who betray other characters, side quests in fiction, “The Final Battle” as a cliche, reoccurring minor characters, traps and mazes in fiction,”McGuffins” and how to use them, and how to bring new readers up to speed on world background without boring old readers. That should keep you busy for a while.
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That list is going to keep me busy for a few weeks. Longer if I stick to Wednesday being my main mechanics day. I have to admit that I don’t know how to answer that last one. I’ll have to really think about it. Thanks.
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I had to look up McGuffins too. I keep thinking Irish Puffins.
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Because what you said in your biography I would like you to write a post about your wife,how
she supports you, or even more,your wife can write a guest post about what means to be married with a writer. 🙂
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I can try. Maybe a ‘how to support your spouse’ post or something.
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If you’re in a novel and everything’s going according to plan, you better look out. 🙂
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It’s always too quiet.
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