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Revisions…and then More Revisions

Over the months, I’ve alluded to a sequel to Dark Side of the Moon: Steel Rose. Steel Rose wound up with its own cast of characters, so I can’t call it a sequel any more. Maybe this is good. At workshops, speakers have advised everyone to put their manuscripts aside for a few weeks, and [...]

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Editing Software, Anyone?

I’ve read good and bad about writing software over the years, and once considered such gadgets a handy way to flush your money down the sewer pipe. About a year ago writer Gregory Frost talked up Scrivener software, which enables you to edit writing and research at the same time. Scrivener works well, once you [...]

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The Call of the Wild

I never thought I would blog about my balloon collection, but as the cliché goes, never say never. Today was an unusual day for grocery trips. I went to a different supermarket, one that didn’t tempt me to buy balloons. More bad weather is coming our way, so I concentrated on buying supplies. I decided [...]

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Branding and Facebook

When a workshop leader coaxed everyone to promote their books through branding, I left the workshop confused. To my literal mind, “branding” refers to a cowboy who brands his cattle, marking it as his own, or the trademark a company uses to identify its products.  Then Facebook gave me an appreciation for branding. I’ve enjoyed [...]

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Forthcoming Interview and other Night to Dawn News

On September 9, 2010, Art Sippio and Ric Croxton of http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ will interview author Tom Johnson and me about The Spider’s Web and Tom’s other NTD books. Tom will discuss his favorite character, Black Ghost. I will be discussing Dark Side of the Moon and a potential sequel; also Twilight Healer and Blood Moons and [...]

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When Your Tales Contain Too Much Clutter…

Yesterday, I learned about the evils of clutter when I purchased an outdoor trashcan and attempted to load it into my Honda Fit. It looked so easy. Folding down the back seats would give plenty of room for my purchase…except so much stuff had congregated in the back seats and floor. Bending the trashcan wasn’t [...]

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The Making of a Website

Somewhere down the pike, after the publication of Twilight Healer, I hired company ABC to build a website. Someone suggested I do my own website, but most hosted websites require HTML coding. Up until a few years ago, I thought HTML was an abbreviation for Hotmail. Enough said on the HTML skills department. ABC built [...]

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Barbara Custer Gets Awarded a Creative Blogger Award

I’ve just received word that I am the recipient of a Creative Blogger Award. I’m flattered and appreciative that my blog would be awarded in such a way. Thank you, Cynthia, for passing on this honor. There’s more! In conjunction with the award I’m going to give you five details about myself, and one of [...]

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Word Wars 2007

I am madder than a surgeon with busted forceps over the changes Word has wrought in 2007. Windows 7 is a delight, different than XP but comes with its own treats, and having a portable computer is great. But Word 2007 came up on the screen like a serpent in the Garden of Eden. They [...]

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Fifty Ways to Ditch Your Website

Well, I guess there must be fifty ways, but I can only pick one. And what I’m doing is moving www.bloodredshadows.com material to the WordPress site. In particular, the NTD books. Several caring readers and friends informed me that they had a hard time finding books on www.bloodredshadows.com because of the layout. Why and when [...]

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