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Bertram's Blog

http://ptbertram.wordpress.com

Bertram's Blog focuses on the elements of storytelling. With over 1,500,000 books written every year, getting published seems as remote as winning the lottery. But if we focus on writing novels that are well-written and worth reading, perhaps we can win that contract.

• Added on: Sep 16th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Pat Bertram
• Listed in: Writing Fiction
• Tags: writing conflict beginning story elements creating a character describing a scene

Recent Posts

• Way Cool Review!

  Posted on Thursday December 17th, 2009 at 21:36 in books, fiction, Quest, writing, random, daughter am i, review of daughter am i, tale of growing

  I made a new friend on Facebook yesterday — Patty Andersen.  Turns out she’s a fan, someone who bought Daughter Am I because it had been recommended to her. Wow! My fame is spreading! Okay, one recommendation isn’t fame, but it...

• A Spark of Heavenly Fire Outtake #6

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 21:30 in books, Mystery, Thriller, Romance, fiction, writing, random, novel, epidemic, a spark of heavenly fire, second wind publishing, outtake from novel

  A Spark of Heavenly Fire takes place during the month of December. To celebrate, I am posting outtakes from the book. Like movie outtakes, these are scenes that were deleted from the final version.  Posting them is not as easy as it sounds. Sinc...

• MY WEBSITE IS DECORATED FOR CHRISTMAS!

  Posted on Saturday December 12th, 2009 at 19:16 in books, internet, fun, website, random, christmas tree, jj dare, ashland university christmas card

  I realize the tree isn’t as awesome as the Ashland University Christmas Card that’s making the rounds, but it’s more than I planned to do to celebrate. Even better, fellow Second Wind author JJ Dare (False Positive and False Worl...

• Ugly Book Cover

  Posted on Thursday December 10th, 2009 at 15:26 in thoughts, books, life, writing, random, musings, book covers, small independent publishers, more deaths than one cover

  A recent reviewer of More Deaths Than One liked the book well enough, but thought the cover was SO UGLY. (The capital letters were the reviewer’s.) Perhaps it is. The printed version is not what I had envisioned. It was supposed to be an eerie nigh...

• A Spark of Heavenly Fire Outtake #5

  Posted on Wednesday December 9th, 2009 at 18:08 in books, Thriller, Romance, fiction, writing, random, novel, a spark of heavenly fire, second wind publishing, outtake from novel

  A Spark of Heavenly Fire takes place during the month of December. To celebrate, I am posting outtakes from the book. Like movie outtakes, these are scenes that were deleted from the final version.  Posting them is not as easy as it sounds. Sinc...

• A Spark of Heavenly Fire Outtake #4

  Posted on Tuesday December 8th, 2009 at 17:30 in books, Thriller, Romance, fiction, writing, random, novel, a spark of heavenly fire, second wind publishing, outtake from novel

  A Spark of Heavenly Fire takes place during the month of December. To celebrate, I am posting outtakes from the book. Like movie outtakes, these are scenes that were deleted from the final version.  Posting them is not as easy as it sounds. Sinc...

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