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member name: Marta Stephens
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June 15, 2008 11:01 PM EDT --
June 16's guest bloggers on MURDER BY 4 is Cait Meyer, publisher of BeWrite Books (UK). If you write fiction, her article titled "Surviving the Submissions Process will be of interest to you. . . .
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March 29, 2008 11:02 AM EDT --
Whether you are an established published author or aspiring to have your work published in the near future, you need to take note of this week's event. This is another attempt by one . . .
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April 07, 2008 01:21 PM EDT --
There's a great interview posted on MURDER BY 4 by Aaron Lazar with James Cox, Editor-in-Chief of Midwest Book Review. If you have time and are interested, you'll find it here !
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June 29, 2008 10:17 AM EDT --
While fellow Gatherer and friend, Aaron Lazar is away from computers and Internet for the week, I'm filling in for him in a couple of blogs. Today, he asked me to post his review of Beryl Singleton . . .
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April 10, 2009 09:48 AM EDT --
I just received the FANTASTIC news this morning that our website, murderby4.blogspot.com , has been selected as one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers by Writer's Digest for 2009! . . .
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April 22, 2009 12:06 PM EDT --
Joe Bright , a graphic designer by day and author by night describes his genre as American Gothic. In his fifteen-year writing career, he's written five books. His latest, The Black . . .
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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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June 23, 2008 10:28 AM EDT --
As the old saying goes, I was sitting in front of my computer last night, typing, minding my own business when I received the exciting news that my debut novel, Silenced Cry, received honorable mention . . .
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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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February 23, 2009 10:52 AM EST --
I recently came across a very poignant article in one of the social networks I belong to titled, "Confession of a Police Officer." It was noted that the author was "unknown." . . .
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July 11, 2009 07:36 AM EDT --
It's been a while since my last post and although a great number of things have happened since then, (mostly working hard on my next book) I'd like to share with you yet another story about THE . . .
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August 08, 2008 11:03 AM EDT --
Today's guest on MURDER BY 4 is Ellen Meister. She is the author of two mom lit novels, SECRET CONFESSIONS OF THE APPLEWOOD PTA and her new release, THE SMART ONE.
When asked to describe . . .
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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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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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November 06, 2008 08:54 AM EST --
I was preparing for a talk at one of our local libraries last week and as always, I tried to anticipate the types of questions those in the group might ask. One point of interest . . .
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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 06, 2008 08:59 PM EDT --
Writers and readers alike, do yourselves a favor and read S. W. Vaughn's post, titled "The Magic of Stories." If you are as moved by the words and the sample passage from . . .
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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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