Randy Rooney

Fictionary

I clicked the CHECK E-MAIL button and leaned back in my chair, taking a break from the morning grind to look out my office window.

Sunlight glinted off the windshield of a familiar pickup truck power-sliding into my driveway. It fishtailed for a moment, roared up my driveway, and then skidded to a...

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Word For Words

“A Cricket in Her Hair”
An Encore Performance

It’s tempting to cut the odd bits of a story that don’t fit—a character’s idiosyncrasy, an unusual setting, a plot twist. Seemingly strange facets of a piece can distract without adding value, but when they’re valid and handled well, they can enhance the work...

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POD and Self-Publishing

Googling for Dollars

I need to add a postscript to a previous article on registering books on Kindle. Maybe my embarrassing faux pas will help you to avoid similar humiliation.

When I submitted the manuscript to Kindle, I neglected to accept the changes registered in the Word document through the Track Changes feature. The conversion to Kindle

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Bookclubs

Minds Behind The Pen Authors To Book Club?

Many authors have spoken to the Finding Hope book club. Hearing them speak has given us insight into what authors do in preparation to write their novels; we glimpse into who they are and catch hold of their passion.

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