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Category: The Red Pen of Wrath

Doing Due Dilly Dilly Diligence for Faux Medieval Fantasy

Posted on March 5, 2018January 13, 2020 by caitreynolds

If you know me at all, you know I get a bit twitchy when it comes to what I like to call ‘faux medieval fantasy.’ It’s not that I have a problem with dragons, magic, or even princesses-in-disguise (okay, well, yes, I have a problem with that). What makes me turn into a biter is…

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Editing the Concept of an Editor

Posted on February 19, 2018February 18, 2018 by caitreynolds

The editor. The dreaded arbiter of your writing. The judge and jury of your style. The only thing standing between you and publication. The unrelenting taskmaster. The sensei of craft to your grasshopper of words. An editor should be all these things, yet all too often, many freelance editors are not much more than glorified…

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Sticky Middle - Cait Reynolds

Unsticking the Sticky Middle of Your Book

Posted on November 13, 2017November 12, 2017 by caitreynolds

We’re two weeks into NaNoWriMo, and I’d wager that a bunch of us are stuck in the morass that I like to call the ‘Sticky Middle.’ We have made it through the first heady 5,000 words. Maybe even 15,000 or 20,000 words. But, now? The words are coming slower. The ideas are coming even slower…

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Don’t Let Your Inner Pushy Stage Director Bully Your Characters!

Posted on October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 by caitreynolds

Writers get advice all the time not to listen to their Inner Editor–that snarky, perfectly manicured voice that has always has good hair and has probably never done a sniff test on a t-shirt in her life. But, there’s another voice we need to worry about: the Inner Pushy Stage Director. Who or what is…

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Mansplaining

Mansplaining the Romance Genre

Posted on September 28, 2017September 28, 2017 by caitreynolds

Full disclosure: after I post this blog, I’m probably going to go day drink and listen to Aretha’s “Respect” on repeat. Mansplaining romance and erotica has a way of doing that to me. Yesterday, Robert Gottlieb wrote a round-up of romance novels in the New York Times Book Review.  Frankly, it’s more like he herds…

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If You Write Fiction, Read Non-Fiction

Posted on July 10, 2017July 9, 2017 by caitreynolds

I am insatiably curious. This has led to a slight issue (some might say addiction) with buying books. Non-fiction books. For an author, my actual collection of fiction is quite small. That’s probably because I’m such a picky bitch about the caliber of storytelling and writing I will read. But, non-fiction? OMG, it’s a real…

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