Five Tips for the Tight Pacing That Will Engage Your Reader

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by Allie Pleiter Every writer’s goal is to engage and enthrall their reader.  We want them pulled deeply and quickly into the story so that they can’t wait to turn the page.  Accomplish this, and you’ll have won a loyal fan who not only follows you to the end of your story, but eagerly await your next book. But how …

Why Hospitality Toward Our Readers Should be on Our List of New Year’s Resolutions

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by Donna Wichelman @DonnaWichelman Several years ago, while listening to a webinar hosted by Thomas Umstattd, Jr., he made a statement that impressed me and motivated me to write two questions on a Post-It note that still hangs on my computer monitor today. How do you throw a banquet for your readers? How do you serve them if you don’t …