Tag: Second Wind
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The Pigeonhole Effect
Like the makers of movies, authors play to an audience. Our action is on a page, not a screen, but it boils down to the same thing – audience appeal. As authors, we are only successful if our work appeals to a wide range of readers. Unfortunately, our business suffers from the pigeonhole effect. The […]
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Next Installment of “Oscar Friedman”
The next installment of “Oscar Friedman” is now up at http://secondwindpub.wordpress.com/
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When Something You Write Makes You Cry
I just got done writing one of the saddest books I’ve ever written. Unusual for me, because most of my work is pretty upbeat. It might be intense or action packed, even hot and steamy, but not sad. I don’t mean depressing, because the story is one of hope and it has a happy ending. […]
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The Lone Wolf – excerpt
The Lone Wolf, first in my sci-fi series, is coming out this year from Second Wind Publishing. He’s the hero’s first entrance to give you a little taste of what the book is like. Slowly and with a casual air, a man entered the airlock. Nearly as tall as Marc, he was leaner of build. […]
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Driving with the Top Down
I belong to a small, informal writer’s group which meets every Wednesday. We have a weekly writing prompt and the one for yesterday was ‘open windows’. Since spring is in the air, I got to thinking about some of the crazy stuff we did as kids to celebrate spring. Some of the following is true, […]
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In the Midst of Madness
Finding time to write is something every author deals with. Some of us have more time to devote to it than others, but still find that life intrudes. I just spent the month of November taking the National November Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge. While it’s invigorating to test my writing abilities, it also tests my […]
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Welcome!
Hello and welcome to my weblog! I am a newly published writer of historical romance, contemporary romance, crime romance and science fiction. My first novel, “Indian Summer”, is available at www.secondwindpublishing or Amazon.com. For those who like e-books, it will also be available soon on Kindle. I’ve been interested in writing my entire life. I […]
Dellani Oakes 
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