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Questions 3: Your Author Identity

To be an author, you need to have some understanding of yourself.  Even on the unconscious level, you need to be sure of who you are in order to put pen to paper and create.  This requires creating an author … Continue reading

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The Danger of Taking Too Much Advice

Probably not the safest post to make when you recently released a ‘how to’ book.  Do I Need to Use a Dragon? is full of advice, so you would think an author would want people to use as much of it as … Continue reading

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‘Leave It To The Experts’?

There are 3-4 days left of Do I Need to Use a Dragon? being 99 cents on Amazon Kindle.  That being said, there was one statement that went through my head and was even uttered to me while I wrote this book: … Continue reading

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‘This Advice is Gold’!

  While planning Do I Need to Use a Dragon?, I considered the different type of deliveries that advice can come in.  Specifically, the ways other people have tried to convince me to follow their writing advice.  I realized that there … Continue reading

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Do I Need to Use a Dragon?- Importance of Villains

(Can’t write about characters without touching on villains.  We all love a good bad guy.  Even more than the heroes.  This was a fun one to think about. Going to take a chunk out of the middle too.) Due to … Continue reading

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Do I Need to Use a Dragon?- Female Characters

( I couldn’t avoid this topic.  Hopefully, I handled it well, but you never know.) This is a question I get asked a lot and it always throws me. Personally, I put my heroes through the wringer regardless of gender. … Continue reading

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Dudley’s Desk Depot: Free Pen with Every Purchase (Wet Ink Not Guaranteed)

Welcome and what do you want?  A desk?  Sure, we have those as you can tell by the name up there.  I’m not Dudley.  My name is Dale, but I didn’t want people making dancer or chipmunk jokes.  So, do … Continue reading

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Final Week of ‘Trick or Treat Book Bonanza’! #October #Halloween

Looking for some entertaining reads that are spooky, eerie, or simply magical? Check out Week 4 of the ‘Trick or Treat Book Bonanza’! New authors and books every weekday! CLICK HERE! * AND GO GRAB ‘WAR OF NYTEFALL: Eradication’ on … Continue reading

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Week 3 of the ‘Trick or Treat Book Bonanza’! #books #Halloween #October

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Week 2 of the ‘Trick or Treat Book Bonanza’!

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