Posts Tagged ‘cl bluestein’
On Writing: Ideas to Published Novel
New Book Available I’m so excited to announce TRANSITION: Love. Loss. Leverage. Murder is now available on Amazon paperback, Kindle, and Audible. As a writer, my gratification comes not only from completing and publishing each novel, but also when I get to talk with, receive reviews from, and have contact with readers who have enjoyed taking…
Read MoreWrite What You Know — not as limiting as it sounds.
“Write what you know” my writing instructors said. When I heard this, I did a quick review of my mundane life and decided it might be the most boring book ever written. Instinctively, I knew that if I didn’t apply a significant amount of hyperbole, my dream of a writing career would be over before…
Read MoreWhy Read a Book Series?
Following an artist’s series or collections is to accompany the artist on their journey from those tentative first steps through their working years of evolution and changing perspectives. You get to engage with the ongoing characters, appreciate the writer’s style, and, with each book, “befriend” the artist through their work. It’s akin to meeting with…
Read MoreWriting & Research
My work in progress (WIP) is TRANSITION. I’m back at the Gregory Inn, Lake George, NY. Everything is going smoothly as I follow my rough outline until it’s not. The characters and plot development take a turn I didn’t plan for. In other words, my WIP puzzle is missing a piece. I have to put…
Read MoreTransition: The Middle
The middle is the bridge transporting the reader, you, from the beginning to the end of the story. Writing a book takes time and research in addition to story and persistence. The journey over the bridge from “I have got a great idea” to “they lived happily ever after” is tortuous. Whether you’re a plotter…
Read MorePersistence — A Writing Essential
The road to success is paved with persistence, with an underlayment of information and earned luck—being in the right place at the right time with the right credentials. For me, after spending a lifetime reading books, I harbored a secret desire to write a commercial paperback, but the time was never right. Family, community, work,…
Read MoreWhy do I Write? Societal Gaslighting and the Climate Crisis.
A typical question for a writer is, “Why do you write?” For me, I write because I get pissed off and have to tell a story to make sense of my feelings. Usually, it’s because Power, with intention, data, and impact studies, manipulates our institutions for their own greed to the detriment of the people…
Read MoreLetting Go
My draft of Execution, the 5th book in the CL Bluestein thriller Seduction Series, has left my hands, electronically, for those of my content editor. I’m expecting it back with comments and suggestions in two weeks, give or take. This is my fifth time doing this. I expected to be used to it. But no,…
Read MoreEndings and Interruptions
I’m down to the last ten thousand pages of Execution, book five in the C.L. Bluestein Seduction Series. Now I get to plot my revenge, dream up all kinds of murderous outcomes, and choose which ones to use. Like the other books in the Seduction Series, its major theme is the harm caused by profits…
Read MoreDoes a Hero’s Gender Matter in Fiction?
Q: Does a hero’s gender matter in fiction? What do you try to do when you write female characters and/or a female hero? What are they like and why? How much physical description do you include and why? What do male authors miss when they write female characters and vice versa? A: Good question. As…
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