For those of you who are thriller readers, which two of the following would you be most interested in? Before you make your choice, please note that they’re mockups. Unfinished. We’re just getting the idea. Note as well that BAD PENNY is not a thriller of the spy, mystery, or intrigue type. It’s not military, cop, or FBI. It’s →

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Working on the copy edits of BAD PENNY today and passed the 75% mark to general rejoicing. You normal folks may now go back to work. For you passionate grammarians, my fab copy editor marked a hundred uses of “then” in my manuscript. No, I wasn’t having issues with the then/than confusion.   I was having issues when using “then” →

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The revision took a total of 60 hours. The book is now pushing 100k.  So it’s out to Lovely Agent and beta readers. I have to say I had a blast with this book.

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Dear Readers, I currently have two options for opening BAD PENNY, my thriller that I’ll be sending to my agent next week. I’m looking, of course, for the most interesting first page. Please imagine you’re in a book store or browsing online. Tell me which option you find most interesting and by how much (a →

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For those of you watching, I’m past the 65% point on Bad Penny. I’ve set the target at 90,000 words, but, of course, I don’t know if that’s exactly how long it will be. I have two big sequences left, one of which is the climax. My stats so far: Pre-draft development hours: about 50 →

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