Tag: character
member name: Marta Stephens
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June 09, 2008 09:25 AM EDT --
The MURDER BY 4 blog features two guest bloggers per week. This week's guests are:
Lad Moore , author of TAILWIND - Days of Cottonmouths and Cotton Candy on June 9, 2008 . Mr. Moore . . .
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March 13, 2008 11:33 PM EDT --
I came across David L. Robbins's article, Advice To Aspiring Writers early in my writing career while I was working on my first novel. At the time, I didn't know if my writing was marketable . . .
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April 30, 2008 12:43 PM EDT --
Okay, I'm going to age myself, but I grew up during the pre cable days of television. Unless you were lucky to have a small privately own television station in your state like we did here in Indiana, . . .
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July 05, 2008 12:28 PM EDT --
© Marta Stephens 2008 all rights reserved
I'm curious to know how other women writers of male protagonist handle the male voice.
When I began to write my series, I asked several friends . . .
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July 14, 2008 11:31 AM EDT --
This week's lineup of guest bloggers on MURDER BY 4 includes:
7/14/08 - Jim Musgrove , author of The President's Parasite and Other Stories.
SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT MUSGROVE'S . . .
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November 26, 2007 10:47 PM EST --
I was recently asked to post some of the articles and interviews from my August virtual book tour. Although I posted two of the articles when I first joined Gathers, I plan to post the rest . . .
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December 09, 2007 10:32 AM EST --
Interviewed by Gather member Kim Smith on August 6, 2007
Article four from my 2007 virtual book tour.
KS: Now that Sam Harper of SILENCED CRY . . .
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March 11, 2008 08:04 PM EDT --
Where is the beginning of your story? Should it begin while the main character is walking down the sidewalk toward a coffee shop, as he steps through the door, or after he's inside? Will the . . .
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May 21, 2008 08:12 AM EDT --
© Marta Stephens 2008 all rights reserved
A couple of years ago I wrote the following short in a writers' group as an exercise/challenge to create a story without a line of narration. . . .
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December 29, 2007 01:58 PM EST --
I'm particularly interested in hearing from authors, editors, reviewers, publishers, agents etc., in Gathers on this one. Some time ago I read comments written by Patricia Cornwell's . . .
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May 23, 2008 06:45 AM EDT --
© Marta Stephens, 2008 all rights reserved
Characterization is one aspect of writing that most authors struggle with at one time or another. So where do you start? Let's say you've . . .
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January 31, 2009 12:02 PM EST --
Title: Chronicles of the Undead
Author: A. F. Stewart
ISBN 978-0-557-02670-8
Reviewed by Marta Stephens , author of the Sam Harper Crime Mystery series
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December 05, 2007 09:23 AM EST --
Thrilling and fun! , December 4, 2007 (Amazon) By Sonya N. Bateman “Ronin Writer” (Syracuse, NY United States)
Detective Sam Harper's debut in Silenced Cry by Marta . . .
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December 18, 2007 12:52 PM EST --
Okay everyone, now I can breathe a sigh of relief. The second book in my Sam Harper Crime Mystery series is now, as of a few hours ago, in the capable hands of my publisher. Yippee! My photographer . . .
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January 20, 2008 06:48 AM EST --
This is the third in a set of six articles based on the things I learned during my first year as a published author. The articles will outline a few of the things authors should consider in order to . . .
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February 11, 2008 11:27 AM EST --
This is the final article and this series of pieces based on the things I learned during my first year as a published author. The articles will outline a few of the things authors should consider . . .
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April 08, 2008 08:11 AM EDT --
For those of you familiar with the author group blog, MURDER BY 4 , I posted our first newsletter last night. If you have time and are so inclineded, please stop by at MURDER BY 4 NEWS to find . . .
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January 13, 2008 09:40 AM EST --
© Marta Stephens 2008 all rights reserved
This is the second in a set of six articles based on the things I learned during my first year as a published author. The articles . . .
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September 21, 2008 08:50 PM EDT --
... in the crime/mystery genre?
© Marta Stephens 2008 all rights reserved
Okay, now that I have your attention. My work has been described as crime/mystery, suspense, and hardboiled. . . .
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May 02, 2008 08:19 AM EDT --
Article on MURDER BY 4 by Liz Zelvin
"Does anybody-or everybody-remember Mary Renault's wonderful novels set in ancient Greece? One of them, THE PRAISE SINGER (1979), is about the poet . . .
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