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Ask an Author: When Your Characters Take You Somewhere You Didn’t Want to Go

Summertime is more of a season we associate with reading that with writing—but for our group of authors, we continue to write away, just as much—if not more!—than we read.  That’s why we have some great news to share: at New Zealand’s 37th annual national conference for science fiction and fantasy, author Lee Murray won… Read More Ask an Author: When Your Characters Take You Somewhere You Didn’t Want to Go

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Ask an Author: You Write What You Read

It’s finally summertime where I live, which means the season to spend time on a deck somewhere with a pitcher of ice-cold water and a pile of books to read!  A couple of years ago, I started reading not just books that I was interested in, but books that I wanted, as a writer, to… Read More Ask an Author: You Write What You Read

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Ask an Author: Title and Covers, Seemingly Easy, Anything But

Communities are awesome.  Well, more specifically, communities bound together with a common vision and the strength of stepping up to the plate again and again are awesome. I have to tell you the story of how this edition of the Ask an Author feature came around because, although it is a little embarrassing for me,… Read More Ask an Author: Title and Covers, Seemingly Easy, Anything But

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Ask an Author: Murdering Ideas for the Sake of the Story

Being an author is awesome.  We get to be the gods of our little world where everything depends on us.  If a character misbehaves, then oh yeah?  Off with his head! But this can also cause quite the headache at times.  Seriously, it’s a good thing the real God is so powerful, because some of… Read More Ask an Author: Murdering Ideas for the Sake of the Story

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Ask an Author: Double Feature! Pi Day, and Answering the “What do you do for a living” Question

I hope you had the time to celebrate Pi Day!  I know, I know, it’s just another way to get us to spend time, energy, and resources on something utterly unimportant.  But at the same time, it’s not that hard to add a pie to one’s day.  Then again, who really needs an excuse to… Read More Ask an Author: Double Feature! Pi Day, and Answering the “What do you do for a living” Question

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Ask an Author: Double Feature! Writing and Editing, and when Real Life is Stranger than Fiction

Fine, fine, fine. Yes, I did it again. This week, two questions were submitted to our group of authors, and both of them were inspired, yet again, by the recently completed round of new The X-Files episodes. But yet again, there is nothing paranormal about the answers to either question; one delves once more in… Read More Ask an Author: Double Feature! Writing and Editing, and when Real Life is Stranger than Fiction

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Ask an Author: Rule Breaker or Rule Follower?

I’m sorry guys, but I have to confess that yet again, The X-Files revival totally influenced my choice of question to set before our cabal of wonderful authors. But I would like to point out that, as regular Sahar’s Blog readers have noticed in the last few weeks, although the show has basically gone from… Read More Ask an Author: Rule Breaker or Rule Follower?

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Ask an Author: When a Character Comes to Life and Takes Over

I must confess that the title of this feature sounds like an episode of The X-Files probably because of my obsession with the show and its recent revival. Regular Sahar’s Blog readers know that although the show has basically taken over my life in recent days, I’m still sticking to my regular posting schedule, including… Read More Ask an Author: When a Character Comes to Life and Takes Over

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Ask an Author: New Year, New Beginnings

A new year is all about new beginnings, so this edition of the Ask an Author feature focuses on the beginnings of our authors. We asked them, quite simply, what inspired them to write their first book. In my case, I was always crafting stories for my sisters and my cousins’ playtime; my Mom, God… Read More Ask an Author: New Year, New Beginnings

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Ask an Author: Making Some Great Holiday Memories

Christmas has come and gone, and we are already a whole week into the new year! I hope you had the opportunity to make yourself some great new memories to add to your hopefully already full roster. I have a brand new holiday related memory I added to mine, which was so incredibly insane I… Read More Ask an Author: Making Some Great Holiday Memories