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Tag: conflict

  • Posted on Wednesday, October 21, 2015Wednesday, October 21, 2015
  • by Heather Young

How I Learned to Crush My Darlings’ Souls

As a reader, I’ve always understood how important it is for the characters in a novel to suffer.  If the…

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  • Posted on Monday, October 19, 2015Monday, October 26, 2015
  • by Louise Miller

Conflict for the Conflict Averse: An Interview with Michelle Hoover

  I hate conflict, so I wasn’t surprised when I had trouble putting my characters into difficult situations. When I…

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  • Posted on Friday, December 14, 2012Thursday, December 13, 2012
  • by AmyN

Deb Amy Channels Cinderella And Embraces Conflict In Women’s Fiction

This statue-angel-thingy sits on my desk displaying one of my mottos: Embrace Change.  Frankly if I hadn’t, and didn’t, and…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, December 11, 2012Monday, December 10, 2012
  • by DanaB

Deb Dana Raises the Stakes

In real life, the only stakes I feel comfortable messing with are spelled s-t-e-a-k-s. Give me a filet mignon or…

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  • Posted on Monday, December 10, 2012Sunday, December 9, 2012
  • by KerryS

In Which Deb Kerry is Conflicted

In my real life, I am a conflict avoider. Conflict is so messy – it brings up unhappy emotions, and…

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  • Posted on Sunday, December 9, 2012Thursday, October 29, 2015
  • by admin

Newsflash: December 9, 2012

December 9, 2012 Newsflash!

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