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The Frank Rozzani series is a gripping collection of mystery detective novels. These are stories where nothing is quite what it seems… where the truth is buried beneath layers of deception… and where one detective refuses to walk away when something doesn’t add up. Who Is Frank Rozzani? Frank Rozzani is a detective who trusts
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Confessions of a Serial Series Writer After writing seven books in the Frank Rozzani series, I’ve come to accept a simple truth about the writing life. At some point, the characters stop belonging entirely to you. They begin making their own decisions. They start ignoring your outline. And occasionally they force you to delete twenty
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Seven Books Later: What I’ve Learned About Frank Rozzani When I wrote the first Frank Rozzani novel, Frankly Speaking, I had a pretty clear picture of who Frank was. He was a former cop trying to live a quieter life as a private investigator. He had a strong moral compass, a healthy skepticism of
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A New Trailer for Frankly Speaking Every book begins with a spark of imagination, but sometimes it’s fun to step back and see that story brought to life in a completely different way. Recently, I experimented with creating a short cinematic trailer for Frankly Speaking, the first novel in my Frank Rozzani detective series.
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Editing Tips: Getting Your Book Ready For A Beta Reader
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by Lisa Norman This is part 3 of my series on sharable newsletters, an expanded answer to questions from part 1 and part 2. This marketing thing has … The Best Free Marketing Tool: The World in Your Head
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For those of you that follow my blog, you may remember that my family and I took a fantastic, once-in-a-lifetime trip to Italy this past summer. I wrote an eight part series on the trip soon after we returned to the US. You can find that series HERE. Knowing that this trip would be extra special
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This post may go against the idealist author’s idea of what sells books. As someone who has had varying levels of success, I now have a large enough sample size that I can tell you what I have observed with regard to what attracts readers to Indie Authors and their work. Your Following The most
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Over the past five years, I have enjoyed having my blog on WordPress. I have varied in activity level over these years. I’ve since settled into a comfortable, fairly productive routine. I looked back over my stats for the past five years to see how I’ve evolved in my blogging schedule. Here are some highlights:
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