October 30, 2019

Create the Perfect Elevator Pitch

What’s your book about? How you answer that question can mean the difference between an agent or publisher and relative obscurity. It can absolutely set you on the path to having a bestselling indie title.

Save That A**hole

Today, we’re going to talk about characters. All stories root for someone to stop being an a**hole. Maybe the person doesn’t realize they are being an a**hole. Maybe they do. But at the heart of every story, we want the character to get their sh*t together. To overcome their basic internal garbage and rise above their circumstances and win.

Stakes are not Just for Vampires

It’s Halloween time! Finally, October. It put me in mind of ghosts, goblins, and vampires. I don’t know…

Cheryl Murphy is Asian with brown hair in a single braid and a smirk.

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