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Wednesday Words: Old

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Silver James

Wednesday. Again. Funny how that works. I finished the line edits for THE BOSS AND HIS COWGIRL. The manuscript is headed back to Mr. HQ Editor. He really pushed me this time. That’s good. But here it is Wednesday. Again. … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: New

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Silver James

The #lineWed theme for this first week of the new year is very apropos. It’s “NEW.” I’m three chapters into the beginning of the newest Red Dirt Royalty story. As a brief rundown, Cash Barron runs Barron Security Services. There’s … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Silver James

It’s Christmas Eve Eve and what better theme for #1LineWed than CHRISTMAS! I only have one WIP with Christmas in it–next year’s Moonstruck Christmas Novella–MIDNIGHT MOON. Subscribers to my newsletter got a blurb from the Light Wars chapter. 😉 So … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – Brrrrr

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Silver James

Hump Day once again, which means #1LineWed on Twitter and snippets here. Today’s theme is cold. 😉 Have I mentioned that THE DEVIL’S CUT is live on Amazon? You know, in case the faithful here haven’t indulged yet. 😛 So … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – It’s About Time

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Silver James

Today, #1lineWed is all about time. I never have enough it and as I’m on the downhill slide of final edits and formatting, I’m way past any hope of coffee salvation. So…from THE DEVIL’S CUT, two quick snippets about good … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – Last Line Standing

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Silver James

Today’s #1lineWed theme is to post the last line of the chapter. Since I’m such a rule-breaker, I’ll give you the last paragraph of a few of the chapters (remember this is draft mode still, kay?). Chapter 1 – Standing … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words – First Lines

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Silver James

Argh! And FLAIL! And all that angsty writerly stuff. I really thought I get THE DEVIL’S CUT finished yesterday–first draft anyway. Then I hit chapter 26. Which is the big battle between good and evil. And I discovered that I’d … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Something to Talk About

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Silver James

Today’s #1LineWed is all about dialogue. Characters talking means telling rather than showing. That’s a good thing, as opposed to that whole show is better than tell thing. Info dumps (telling) is not good. Bringing out info/back story via conversation? … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Alliteration Always Appears

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Silver James

KOD’s theme for #1lineWed over on Twitter today is “Alliteration.” Yeah…I don’t really do that. At least not back-to-back words. There might be a spread-out version in some of my sentences. As an update to THE DEVIL’S CUT, I think … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Questions

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Silver James

To be or not to be, that is the question. Whether tis nobler to suffer… Oh. Hi. Yeah, in case you didn’t guess, today’s #1LineWed theme is questions. So, here. Enjoy this scene from THE DEVIL’S CUT where Caleb and … Continue reading →

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