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The Trendsetter
http://www.thetrendsetter.org
This blog is about being a trendsetter in creative writing. Creative nonfiction includes topics on one's experiences, advice, inspiration, nostalgia, humor and much more.
Recent Posts
Why the hero is attracted to the heroine?
The DH, my fierce beta reader, had hammered me with this one particular question: “What made the hero attractive to the heroine?” He had been a loyal beta reader and critic to my MS for quite sometime. Every time he critiqued the characters o...
Writer’s best friend
I have to admit. I procrastinate. My manuscript has been sitting for weeks now, waiting for me to continue writing. Not only that but I’m also far behind in updating my blog. And I blame this latest gadget I just acquired for my procrastination...
Happy Spring!
Spring has finally sprung and it’s gorgeous outside. So, I’ll put aside my writing for a day or two and go out to enjoy the sunshine. Before I do that, I have written about how music plays an important role in my creative writing. As a writer, yo...
Why do you read novels?
I’ve been waiting for the opportunity to feast on one of my favorite thing to do: reading novels. I was deprived for quite some time after getting so engrossed in revising my manuscript. Now that the revision is almost complete, all I need is a...
Start your new novel
…And the replies trickled in… …rejection, rejection and more rejection. The anti-gray men’s hair TV commercial with the nasty buzzer kept playing over and over in my mind - REJECTED! Then the next few emails asked for a partial. What?...
How do you know your query letter is good to go?
Last year (only a couple of weeks ago) I blogged about my effort of writing the best query letter I possibly could. And I did. I was so proud of it and after rewriting and tinkering with it from every angle; I finally set about my plan to send it to ...

