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Author Antics
Get to know our authors as they talk about their writing and what makes them tick. Feel free to send them your questions and comments.


What it’s Like to Get Published
Recently people at work found out that I wrote a book. My boss found out and couldn’t believe it. She looked at me in shock and asked,...
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Jun 30, 2023


What It's Like to Be Published
What’s it like being published? You may as well ask me to describe what chicken tastes like. I don’t have a pat answer for it. My life...
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Jun 23, 2023


The Joy of Signing
One year into this writing adventure, I’ve already learned so much along the way. Not only about writing itself, but also how to market...
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Jun 16, 2023


The Second Time Around
Recently, a question was posed to the published authors of House of Honor Books. For most us, it was our first time to be published and...
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Jun 9, 2023


How Do You Feel About Being Published?
I’ve often heard it said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step, so it is imperative that we take that step,...
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Jun 2, 2023


The New Finding Your Voice
“There was about a two-year period at the end of the '60s, when I realized I was in the wrong place and entertaining the wrong people...
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May 26, 2023
Masking for the AI Virus
I saw an advertisement for an AI writing program that offers to improve books with what they call an article rewriter, a sentence...
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May 21, 2023


Mining the Thesaurus
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” Solomon If you want to be a writer, it’s generally a plus to have a...
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May 12, 2023


Meet Dagraça
I’m not a writer by essence but a dreamer, but I found it necessary to write my biography at this time, this age, and this maturity...
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Apr 20, 2023


Casting Crumbs
“Cast your bread upon the waters and it will come back to you after many days.” Solomon You may be familiar with this bit of advice...
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Apr 14, 2023


Burned at the Stake
Your protagonist is in big trouble. That should come as no surprise. After all, you’re the one who put him in his present predicament. No...
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Apr 8, 2023


Keys to the Kingdom
In one of my favorite scenes from the original Ghostbusters, Zuul, inhabiting Dana’s body opens her apartment door to Venkman. “Are you...
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Mar 31, 2023


Thinking Things Through
“I write to find out what I think.” Stephen King. Sometimes I am envious of my friend, Ed Landry. He has a gray-haired man who helps him...
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Mar 24, 2023


It Ain’t No Big Thing
“Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.” Julia Cameron Writing comes...
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Mar 17, 2023


Rewards, Awards, and Royalties
Shaun is our latest published author. We emailed him asking how to pay him his royalties. His reply: “To be honest i haven't thought...
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Mar 12, 2023


Liar’s Club
“Good writing is true writing. “If a man is making a story up it will be true in proportion to the amount of knowledge of life that he...
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Mar 5, 2023


Going My Way?
“We read to know we are not alone.” C.S. Lewis For me, reading is best enjoyed in a solitary, quiet place, books are an invitation to...
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Feb 25, 2023


Dealing with Writer's Block
An author friend recently gave me this advice to overcome writer’s block. She said: “Write badly.” That gave me quite a shock. What? But...
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Feb 17, 2023


Bringing Up Baby
You’ve typed THE End on your bestselling manuscript and today your author copies arrived. You opened the box and held that book with your...
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Feb 11, 2023


The Woes of Editing
Disclaimer: this is based on my own experiences as an editor for an International website that accepts stories from their membership, and...
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Feb 3, 2023
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