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Suspense Novelist: Wednesday Wisdom for Writer and Those Who Love Them
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Evocative Characters. Intriguing Crime. Compelling Stories. From Peg Brantley. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Wednesday Wisdom for Writer and Those Who Love Them. I recently finished reading KINDRED. By Octavia E. Butler. Although my list of her quotes doesn't tie this one to KINDRED, I have to think it was. I wasn't trying to work out my own ancestry. I was trying to get people to feel slavery. I was trying to get across the kind of emotional and psychological stones that slavery threw at people.". Wednesday...
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Suspense Novelist: October 2014
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Evocative Characters. Intriguing Crime. Compelling Stories. From Peg Brantley. Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them. My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin." —Karl Krause. Here's my take on this concept: taking a cliche and turning into something fresh. Cliche: The killer stared coldly at his victim, ice running through his veins. Fresh: The killer looked at his victim and saw his father standing over him with a switch. I read recently ...
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Suspense Novelist: August 2015
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Evocative Characters. Intriguing Crime. Compelling Stories. From Peg Brantley. Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them. No two persons ever read the same book." —Edmund Wilson. As a writer who puts each new book out there with a mixture of pride and trepidation, I love this. It's all better with friends. Wednesday, August 19, 2015. Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them. It's all better with friends. Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Receive notification o...
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Suspense Novelist: June 2015
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Evocative Characters. Intriguing Crime. Compelling Stories. From Peg Brantley. Friday, June 26, 2015. First Taste Newsletter Features THE SACRIFICE. I'm pleased to share the link to read the first chapter of THE SACRIFICE along with two other books. Check them out at First Taste Newsletter. It's all better with friends. Labels: A Girl and Her eBooks. Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them. Not so hard to do once you've had enough. It's all better with friends.
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Suspense Novelist: December 2014
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Evocative Characters. Intriguing Crime. Compelling Stories. From Peg Brantley. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them. The chief cause of unhappiness is giving up what you want the most for what you want at the moment." —I Wish I Knew. This is one of my favorite quotes, applicable to everyone, and particularly relevant as we begin a new year. It's all better with friends. Friday, December 26, 2014. Do you love it? Duh) Is it necessary? I really want to know.
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Suspense Novelist: January 2015
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Evocative Characters. Intriguing Crime. Compelling Stories. From Peg Brantley. Friday, January 30, 2015. The Steps We Take. I was talking with another author recently and he was stunned at the myriad of steps I take before I consider my book ready to let go of. Well, ready to be willing. To let go of. I finished the first draft of FLAME GAME several days ago. This book took me forever to write and it's not all that complicated. Here's how birthing a book happens in my world:. Professional edit. This ...
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Suspense Novelist: July 2015
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Evocative Characters. Intriguing Crime. Compelling Stories. From Peg Brantley. Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them. I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say." — C. S. Lewis. Don't you wish it happend this way all the time? I recently heard about an author who often wrote blindfolded. According to him, his hands were rarely in the wrong position on the keyboard so gobbledy-gook was not an issue. By Octavia E. B...
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Suspense Novelist: May 2015
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Evocative Characters. Intriguing Crime. Compelling Stories. From Peg Brantley. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Wednesday Wisdom for Writers and Those Who Love Them. A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it." —Mark Twain. It's all better with friends. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Over The Top Writing (Not a good thing). My name is Peg. And sometimes I tend to write over the top. FLAMES SCREAMED out the windows, reaching up and licking the air like crack whores hungry for the next fix...
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Suspense Novelist: Human Trafficking
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Evocative Characters. Intriguing Crime. Compelling Stories. From Peg Brantley. Tuesday, July 21, 2015. In doing research for my next book, I came across this wonderful organization. Focuses on women in India and Cambodia, it's important for those of us in the US to truly understand that trafficking for sex and labor is in our own backyard. Young girls are being enslaved in this country. And where, do you imagine, will many (if not most) of the girls be marketed? It's all better with friends. Wednesday Wi...