Ask SD Tracy Harper #31

Ask SD Tracy Harper #31 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous.   Q:  SD, I had tried your suggestion about character listing and it was a disaster....

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Holiday Special Ask SD Tracy Harper

The Plan      At the heart of Christmas for every kid I knew growing up is their one wish to catch Santa placing their gifts under the tree....

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News Headline December 22

December 22, 2014 – Happy Holidays! A Funny Thing Happened      The First Novella Site is officially up. http://afunnythingshappened.blogspot.com/ And looking pretty darn good....

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Reasons & Realities 17

Emotional Attachments       Beware of the character who takes on a life bigger than their role for they mean to have all....

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Ask SD Tracy Harper #30

Ask SD Tracy Harper #30 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous.  Q:  SD, Have you ever written something that had disturbed you so much that it’s hard for you to read it agai...

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News Headline December 12

December 16, 2014 – Can You Dig It! A Funny Thing Happened        The First Novella Site is officially u...

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Reasons & Realities 16

Glass Half Full      I’m going to start this one with the greatest of intentions and that means with a disclaimer....

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News Headline December 12

December 12, 2014 – Results from the Major  Crash! Here Comes the Novellas      Due to several drive failures in August 2014, something long forgotten had resurfaced, The Novellas!...

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Ask SD Tracy Harper #29

Ask SD Tracy Harper #29 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous. Q:  SD, I recently read your response about secondary characters taking over a story. I disagree....

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Reasons & Realities 15

It’s the Journey.      When writing, time should be important, but honest thought holds more meaning. We all get those moments when we wish to type those two special words (The End),...

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Ask SD Tracy Harper #28

Ask SD Tracy Harper #28 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous. Q:  SD, have you ever started writing a story and you start with one main character and another character take over the lea...

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Reasons & Realities 14

Pretty, Pretty, Shiny, Shiny      I had once answered a question about book covers and if they really important that was sent in to Ask SD and went looking for my response for a very good reason....

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Ask SD Tracy Harper #27

Ask SD Tracy Harper #27 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous. Q:  SD, a friend of mine had started a business writing for other people. Is doing something like this worth the effor...

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Reasons & Realities 13

Changes are Good      The old adage that says that nothing is written in stone. I think it should be placed as the number one rule for all writer....

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Ask SD Tracy Harper #26

Ask SD Tracy Harper #26 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous. Q:  SD, is it easier to write a book when you know how it is going to en...

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Reasons & Realities 12

Always Leave Them Wanting More      When I read a question about what is the perfect way to end a story, I was hooked and not in a good way....

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Ask SD Tracy Harper #25

Ask SD Tracy Harper #25 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous. Q:  SD, I lost interest in the novel I was writing. How do I get it bac...

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Reasons & Realities 11

I Did It My Way        I’ve never made it a point to hide or shun the fact that I grew up in a little town near the Hudson River in New Jersey. You may even have heard of it from time to time on the TV or at the theater. Yes, I was born in Newar...

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Ask SD Tracy Harper #24

Ask SD Tracy Harper #24 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous. Q:  SD, I was told by a friend of mine that when two characters come together that the first one to say the first word leads the conversation. Is that tru...

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Reasons & Realities 10

Fear vs Procrastination      To be more precise; Fear kills more creativity than procrastination. Recently, I was able (to have a moment to breath) to read a few things from people who wanted to know my thoughts about getting them unstuck in their writin...

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Ask SD Tracy Harper #23

Ask SD Tracy Harper #23 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous. Q:  SD, what’s the best way to write dialogue when there is more than two people talkin...

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News Headline October 27

October 27, 2014 – Overdue Posting! Privacy Policy Notification      A Privacy Policy tab has been added. This much needed change was long overdue....

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Reasons & Realities 9

Oh No You Didn’t! How far can you go in any given story before you have gone too fa...

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Ask SD Tracy Harper #22

Ask SD Tracy Harper #22 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous.  Q:  SD, what makes you an expert that you can give advice?...

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News Headline October 05

October 05, 2014 – Major  Crash! Delay in publishing Ask SD-22 & R&R-9      Ask SD Tracy Harper-22 and Reasons & Realities 9 are post pone until mid-October due to several hard drives crashing, two of which was host to Ask SD Tracy Harper, Reasons & Realities, several Novels, Novellas, and a crap load of short stories. The drives are nearly finished being checked to see if the data can be recovere...

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Under The Music Influence      I was recently asked a question through Ask SD Tracy Harper that was too good to let go with a few words....

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Ask SD Tracy Harper #21

Ask SD Tracy Harper #21 All questions are anonymous. If you know who is asking the question and wish to leave a comment, please respect their rights to remain anonymous. Q:  SD, I was trying to help my husband (Inspiring Autho...

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Reasons & Realities 7

 It’s not the Destination, it’s the Journey      We all love a happy ending....

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