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Conflict

Jul 11 By Marjorie

J.A. Konrath is a mystery author and a funny dude.  He also gives good writing tips:

Readers don’t want characters to be happy. They want them to be tortured for 90,000 words, and then happy at the very end. Maybe. That’s the essence of a page-turner.

If you don’t like plotting out a story before you write it, you can do it as you’re writing it. Just keep raising the stakes for your characters. Set up goals in the beginning, throw some obstacles in the way, and see if your characters sink or swim. And if your characters do swim, send a few sharks after them!

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About Me


I write comic books and novels about grumpy warrior women, eccentric demons, plucky fox girls, and men who can shape-shift into tigers. If a merman or gargoyle shows up, all the better!  To learn more about me, please go here.

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Monstress will be back on January 23rd!

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My agent is Duvall Osteen. Please contact her for any business-related inquiries, including publicity and blurb requests, and speaking engagements: connect@aragi.net

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