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Leigh's Articles

Shakespeare Lives!

Leigh's take, as an author, on the Shakespeare authorship question

Who really wrote the plays of William Shakespeare?

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Ready -- Set -- Plot!

If the romance isn't the plot in a romance novel

(and it isn't)

then what is? And how do we create it?

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The Top Eleven Ways Not to Finish Your Book

Out of every hundred people who want to write a book,

one actually finishes the job.

How do the other ninety-nine sabotage themselves into not writing? 

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It Simply Sounds So Stupid!

How to block the voices outside and inside your head

 and give your own work an honest critique.

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Why Can't A Woman Be More Like A Man?

Using gender differences to create believable characters.

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Characters Who Keep Secrets  

Can a point-of-view character keep a big secret from the reader,

and still be sympathetic and convincing?

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Ten Commandments for Romance Authors 

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Things that Stump The Best of Us

Why backstory, pacing, and transitions are hard for authors,

no matter how much experience they have

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The View From Here

Using point of view and perspective to improve conflict and story

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