Category Archives: critiquing

Women’s Weekend Writing Retreat!

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Susan Hanniford Crowley

I have invited Author Bobbi Lerman to tell us about her upcoming Women’s Weekend Writing Retreat and the purpose for it! I want to write… but the dishes are piling up. I want to write… but I have that huge … Continue reading →

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Reflections of the Heart: Behind the Scenes

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Susan Hanniford Crowley

A lot has been happening with Nights of Passion and me.  We say farewell to Cara North and welcome to Debralee Mede.  Saturday we’re interviewing a.c. Mason.  Many of our long-term viewers know Mason as the evil mastermind and long … Continue reading →

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Rooster Time

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Toni Kelly

What do a rooster and novels have in common? After this last trip to Nicaragua, I’d say timing.  Sounds silly, right? Hear me out. For the last few weeks, I’ve spent some time traveling in the Dominican Republic and then … Continue reading →

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Reading and Critiquing, What’s the Difference?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Toni Kelly

Reading and critiquing, so what’s the difference. Well not a whole lot as an advanced critter, let me explain… So you’ve been writing months now, maybe years, and you’ve done your share of critiquing as well as received your share … Continue reading →

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Trust Me…You Need to Trust You

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Toni Kelly

I had a revelation this week. Well the truth is I’ve known about it for a while, I just got a reminder. I’ve recently applied to get into a training program at work (the day job) in order to continue … Continue reading →

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It’s Mason Thursday. What happen to great minds? By the waste side of the Greeks.

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Susan Hanniford Crowley

While I was doing my Monday post, I was thinking. I know that’s where my problem started, of course. As I was reread on the Greeks a slight tingle of annoyance moved through me. It happens even to evil masterminds … Continue reading →

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It’s Mason Monday. The Greeks knew a thing or maybe two.

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Susan Hanniford Crowley

Admittedly, I have an obsession with the classics. Why? Okay, so I am one of those people that believes that there is nothing that hasn’t written about. That doesn’t mean we as story tellers cannot evoke our readers in new … Continue reading →

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It’s Mason Thursday. Method of the strange kid.

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Susan Hanniford Crowley

The more I get to know other writers the more I realize, I’m the strange kid in the group. Some of you may have come to that conclusion much faster than I did. What can I say, you’re just sharp … Continue reading →

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Writing, a Process of Thought

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Toni Kelly

I sat on the phone with my critique partner the other day and had an argument. Not the bad kind, but the good kind that really gets me thinking. You know what I’m talking about, those epiphany-like moments. A normal … Continue reading →

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It’s Mason Thursday. The conspiracy.

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Susan Hanniford Crowley

As many of you know I’m a superhero by day and evil mastermind by night and group of individuals are trying to stop me from saving the world by day. All kind of wrecked has going on all hours of … Continue reading →

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