The Heart of Fiction: Conflict

I’ll make a confession here: It took me a long, long time to learn how to create a decent plot for a novel. I shared some thoughts on the subject in a guest column for a Writer’s Digest blog. Here’s a link: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/the-advice-i-needed-most-as-a-new-writer-but-never-got

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Thanks to MWSA

The Military Writers’ Society of America has awarded a gold medal in the thriller category to THE MULLAH’S STORM. My thanks to MWSA for that honor and for all the great work they do. Here’s a link to a list of all the MWSA award winners: http://www.militarywriters.com/Awards/MWSA%202011%20BOOK%20AWARD%20WINNERS.pdf

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