Researching Murder and Mayhem by Kylie Brant

By Marie-Claude Bourque
Hi everyone,
Please welcome romantic suspense author Kylie Brant with plenty to say on researcher murder. Don’t forget to leaver her comment or question for a chance to win a copy of  Berkley (nov 09) release WALKING THE DEAD!
Researching Murder and Mayhem by Kylie Brant
One of the most common questions leveled at a writer is: [...]

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There’s Strength in Numbers

Song of the Day: Rhymin & Stealin by The Beatsie Boys
I’m not one of those writers who can go to the local coffee shop, boot up my laptop and pour my creative heart out over the keyboard. Nope. For one thing, I don’t like coffee. People distract me. OMG! Just look at her shoes! And [...]

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Contest Wisdom by Ann Marsh

by Marie-Claude Bourque 
WE HAVE A WINNER! BOONE BRUX CONGRATULATION!
I am thrilled to welcome Dorchester author Ann Marsh today. Since I’ve joined the Dorchester team, I keep meeting authors that have got their starts through a contest. Of course, there are all the American Title winners and finalists and the Shomi contest winner Gayle Ann Williams. And we [...]

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Before The First Written Word — Read, Read, Read!

Before the first written word — Read, Read, Read!

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Interview with our own Best-Celler finalist: Candi Wall!

By Marie-Claude Bourque
Hi everyone,
I am very excited to interview my wonderful writing partner and fellow Musetracker Candi Wall.
It is still amazing to me that Candi is now a finalist in the TextNovel/Dorchester Best-Celler contest with not only story but two: STAY: a Contemporary Romance of roughly 80,000 words and PRIMITIVE NIGHTS, contemporary romance of  82,000 [...]

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Writer Inspiration: Anthea Lawson

by Marie-Claude Bourque
AND OUR WINNER IS…. Chassily Wakefield! Congrats Chassily 
Hi everyone,
I am delighted to have here at Musetrack today, historical romance author Anthea Lawson aka writer couple Anthea and Lawson. They are kind enough to giveaway a copy of their first novel PASSIONATE to one lucky commenter so please comment away and ask questions! 
FIVE ESSENTIAL STEPS ON THE [...]

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Writer Inspiration: Robin D. Owens

by Marie-Claude Bourque
WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO JUDI PHILLIPS!!!
Hi everyone,
I am thrilled to welcome Robin D. Owens, award-winning author of futuristic fantasy romantic fiction, who will discuss the writer’s environment. For me, whose writing space consist of a laptop and nothing else (my son jumping on my bed as I type this), that is [...]

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NaNoWriMo Lite

Song of the day: I Dare You by Shinedown
This week marks the beginning of National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo.
Unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo? In short, NaNoWriMo is a crash and burn approach to writing. The goal is to pen out a 175 page or 50,000 word novel in 30 days. From midnight November 1st to midnight [...]

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Brainstorming Time!

by Marie-Claude Bourque
Career Track: Frantically writing away to finish Nanowrimo (hopes: career author!); Volunteering at the local high school (hopes: High School Math teacher!); catering and running after two little boys (reality: mom!)
Let’s Brainstorm! So here we are all of us Candi, Jenn and I attempting to write 50,000 words in 30 days during the National [...]

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Writer Inspiration: Jessa Slade

by Marie-Claude Bourque
WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!! CONGRATULATION KERRI NELSON!!!
Hi everyone,
This business of writing, trying to get published and remain published can be quite daunting. That is why I started to ask authors how they do it, how they survive, what was their journey or just some tips to help us writers that are trying [...]

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