TIERNEY JAMES

Lipstick & Danger

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Month: October 2012

Rehab a House-Get a Better Novel

My personal deadline (and I guess the publisher’s too) to refine my novel and send it in was Halloween.  Last week I realized, what I felt, was a glaring mistake in the first few pages of my overall premise of

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Spooky Words: Deadline, Rewrite, Submit

I finished the 7th edit on my novel when I decided the first three pages were all wrong and needed to be seriously rewritten. My deadline is in one week.  Research has begun to find the appropriate lead in for

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Pick Me! Pick Me!

Tonight is the night when one of my favorite authors chooses a number of fans and puts in a personal call to them. Of course I entered my name and number.  I went over the list of his books I’ve

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A Dark Cloud Called Literary Agent

Last weekend I attended a writer’s conference.  I look forward to these getaways where I can reconnect with fellow writers.  There are always insightful workshops that push me toward refining my work, improving my prospects and pushing me toward publishing.

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