Wanda Does What She Likes
She came to me as muses do, whispering a challenge, implying a promise. And when I spotted “Tattooed Daughter” by Michael Haykin, I was certain…
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Title & Cover-Part One-Publishing Sidetrack Key
This isn’t Jessica. This is Sean MacGuire, husband and publisher of Sidetrack Key. I get to do the interesting work of getting the book out…
13 Ways – How to Never Finish your Novel
This is a real list. I’ve done all these for Sidetrack Key, my second novel and the one I carried the greatest mythology about. Notions…
Sidetrack Key – Book 2 in the No Name Key series
After eight years, I finally finished the sequel to No Name Key and I hope it was worth the wait! Here’s my description: A twisty,…
Scrivener for the Fearful
Last year I had multiple Word files for each section, scene and chapter of No Name Key 2. Some with unique names but similar content,…
Compelling Book Covers
Like everything else about producing a novel, information is abundant, confusing and often contradictory. There are no end of experts, all with strong opinions, all…
The book is done -now what?
Here’s what has happened to No Name Key so far: I am dead center of a very steep learning curve particularly when it comes to…
The Meanest Writer’s Group in Florida – The Casa Marina Group
Don’t mess with Sarah Or let this smile fool you. The Casa Marina Writers Group is small, intense and demanding. Reading occasionally feels like a…
Want to Finish? Enter a Contest!
Lately, after many years of refusing, I have started to send my writing out again, looking for publication. I have a writing buddy who absolutely…
The Second Draft
I have just returned from another visit to see my mom. It is absolutely impossible for me to do any work when I go…