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I’m one of those proud nerds who loves looking at a map when I open a book. So when I created the world of Koleth, of course I wanted to include maps.
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Urban Dragon takes place in what’s known as the Rust Belt, where abandoned buildings, derelict factories, and unused railroad tracks are part of the everyday scenery.
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For the last year, I’ve been pretty much silent. I was picked up by Cliffhanger Press, and I was pushing my limits to get the nine novellas of my series written before my publisher’s patience dried up and I outstayed my welcome. As it turns out, the people of CP are incredibly supportive, but outside
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Let’s start with an old grammar joke. Two women are sitting next to each other on a train. The first turns to the second and asks “So where are you from?” The second sniffs. “I’m from a place where we do not end a sentence with a preposition.” Ever the courteous conversationalist, the first corrects
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Depending on who you ask, there are six rules for proper use of a comma or sixteen. Depending on who you ask, numbers should be written out or typed as numerals, or written out and then typed as numerals inside of parentheses. Why? What’s up with these rules? What’s the point, and why all the changes?
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If you think this sounds familiar, you’re not wrong. Angie Sandro is a friend of mine and an all-around amazing writer, and I am honored to help her reveal the gorgeous new cover for the new edition of Dark Paradise, plus the newest addition to the series, Dark Embrace. Dark Embrace Reader favorite Angie Sandro
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Writers have entire worlds swimming around in our heads, and we often have a hard time condensing something so huge into less than 100,000 words. This is why one of the hardest parts of trying to get published is often said to be writing a query letter or a synopsis. Often, we see the grand scale, twisting
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Let me tell you a story: I got engaged to my husband Boxy when I was in my senior year of high school. We’d been discussing the idea for a while before then– as mild hypotheticals at first, which slowly crystallized into certainty. We went to the jewelry store together to pick out an engagement ring
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Full disclosure: Tonight I’m writing my blog post from the Phoenix, AZ, International Airport. I’m writing here instead of in an airplane heading home because Super Bowl-induced air traffic caused some delays in my flight here, and I wound up missing the transfer to Indianapolis. There was also rain involved, but mostly I blame the
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Maybe you’ve come across those prompts that have been floating around the internet since 1998 or so: they’re massive lists of things that, supposedly, every writer should know about their character. They start out with some solid information: legal name, nicknames, appearance, where they were born, etc. And then things get specific. Oddly specific. Questions
Welcome to the official website of JW Troemner.
Author of The Dealmaker’s Gambit, the Urban Dragon Series, and Tatter and Shine
JWTroemner.com 