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Better Late Than Never
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You may remember that on December 11, 2025, the eBook and Audiobook versions of my novel Aborted Justice were released. Because the cover designer suffered a serious injury that put her in the hospital, she was unable to comp...
When the train runs off the track on the home stretch
Under the best of circumstances, an author encounters an ungodly number of challenges while writing a novel. He begins with blank pages and attempts to fill them up with just the right words.
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He writes and rewrites, toys wit...
On Getting the Words Right, Not Perfect
I finished my twelfth novel a couple of months ago and have been fiddling with it ever since. The hike from The End to Getting the Words Right is the most troublesome writing stretch for me.
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At some point, the author has to...
Don't Write a Book Unless You Must
The notion that anyone would write a book unless he had to is beyond me. Even if a person is a pretty fast writer, he has months of work ahead of him to complete a novel of sixty to eighty thousand words.
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And months may turn...
Writers, How Do You Pick Your Next Book?
I find myself in the gap between my last novel (which is in the pre-publication mode) and starting my next book.
It’s an odd time.
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My last two books are part of a series, and I am considering a third book to complete a tril...
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Stephen Woodfin writes novels and short stories and coaches writers.
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