When Writing A Sequel Feels Like Fan Fiction

The topic of this article began as an idea for a tweet. The tweet was going to read something like this: writing new books in your own series, when you’re a pantser, is like writing fan fiction on your own stuff. The problem with this tweet—which I did not send—is that it only makes sense…

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Introducing Bad Advice for Writers!

Note: This article originally appeared at The Huffington Post.  Over the coming months I will be reposting certain pieces here, on my own site, because HuffPo already gets enough traffic.  My apologies if you’ve read this before, unless you didn’t know I wrote it, in which case: I did!  Tell your friends.   Greetings from…

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