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Write Now, As Is

Posted on February 5, 2020 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

You either start now, or it is not going to happen for you, and you are going to wake up at seventy years old…filled with sorrow that you let your dream, your passion, gift, fall by the wayside. You start…

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The Why of Writing

Posted on December 19, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

Let the reason you write—your why—become your motivation. Your why is the best boss you could ever ask for. It has only one requirement: You must show up, even if you don’t feel qualified yet. ~ Jerry Jenkins

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What Authors Wish They’d Known, Part 1

Posted on October 17, 2019 by KL Wagoner — 4 Comments

Over the past few years I’ve conducted over a hundred interviews divided between KLWagoner.com and SouthWestWriters.com. I enjoy learning how authors deal with writers block and what kinds of scenes give them the most grief—and I can’t help compare my…

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Author Interview: Lindsay A. Franklin

Posted on August 21, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

Lindsay A. Franklin is a freelance editor and the best-selling author of The Weaver Trilogy. The first book in the series, The Story Peddler (Enclave Publishing, 2018), introduces readers to a world where storytellers weave their wares into crystallized sculptures…

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Author Interview: Zachry Wheeler

Posted on July 17, 2019 by KL Wagoner — 2 Comments

Zachry Wheeler is an award-winning author of two ongoing sci-fi series. His Max and the Multiverse books take a humorous look at a teenage gamer’s bizarre life shared with a band of quirky space jockeys. On the other side of…

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Author Interview: Meg Cowley

Posted on June 19, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

Bestselling fantasy author Meg Cowley credits her writing path to her parents for encouraging her creativity, JK Rowling for inspiring her, and a meeting with Christopher Paolini that led her to finish the novel that started her first series. Her…

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Inspiring Dreams

Posted on May 1, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

Never forget that embracing your own fulfillment inspires others to do the same. Living your dream gives others the courage to try. ~ Susan Kaye Quinn

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Author Interview: E.J. Wenstrom

Posted on April 17, 2019 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

Award-winning author E.J. Wenstrom didn’t considered herself creative enough to be a writer until a mentor encouraged her otherwise. Her Chronicles of the Third Realm War (City Owl Press) is described as “a peculiar mashup of Greek mythology, Judeo-Christian folklore,…

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Why Writers Write: Kathy Kitts

Posted on March 31, 2016 by KL Wagoner — Leave a comment

by Kathy Kitts In Poets & Writers Magazine, they have a column titled “Why We Write.” I enjoy reading what the guest authors have to say and how they interpret the questions. Today, I would like to respond. I believe…

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We Write Our Own Truth

Posted on July 15, 2015 by KL Wagoner — 1 Comment

There is no formula and there is no right answer. That is the difficulty and the beauty of being a writer. We write to share our own version of the right answer. Our own unprovable truth. In writing (as author)…

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