Writing Tips | Books By Ed Mitchell https://booksbyedmitchell.com National & Regional Award Winning Thrillers. National Publishers Freedom Award for BEST NEW FICTION in the USA & Canada from a small press. Also an Amazon #1 Best-Selling author. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 02:11:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://booksbyedmitchell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-books-1-32x32.png Writing Tips | Books By Ed Mitchell https://booksbyedmitchell.com 32 32 Happy Heaven Day https://booksbyedmitchell.com/happy-heaven-day/ https://booksbyedmitchell.com/happy-heaven-day/#comments Mon, 12 Jun 2017 22:37:32 +0000 https://booksbyedmitchell.com/?p=386 After my third book was published I took a sabbatical from my book career. I feel obligated to explain why I left and why I’ve returned. I left because my wife’s health was deteriorating. I spent more time with her, including helping assist her leadership and contribution to community activism. Over time my support increased …

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The post Happy Heaven Day first appeared on Books By Ed Mitchell.]]> https://booksbyedmitchell.com/happy-heaven-day/feed/ 1 Joy and Pain of a Romance Scam https://booksbyedmitchell.com/joy-and-pain-of-a-romance-scam/ https://booksbyedmitchell.com/joy-and-pain-of-a-romance-scam/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:46:07 +0000 https://booksbyedmitchell.com/?p=3880 Since we were children we have been taught how to stay safe. “Don’t touch the hot stove. Don’t date a guy that mistreats you. Never text and drive at the same time. Beware of internet scams.” But here is my warning that you’ve probably never heard. Con-men and women are always likable — until they …

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The post Joy and Pain of a Romance Scam first appeared on Books By Ed Mitchell.]]> https://booksbyedmitchell.com/joy-and-pain-of-a-romance-scam/feed/ 0 I can now share this blog without risking the safety of others https://booksbyedmitchell.com/i-can-now-share-this-blog-without-risking-the-safety-of-others/ https://booksbyedmitchell.com/i-can-now-share-this-blog-without-risking-the-safety-of-others/#respond Mon, 29 Jul 2019 04:16:53 +0000 https://booksbyedmitchell.com/?p=3553 Earlier this year I reported a huge security lapse at an entertainment event that more than 50,000 people annually attend. Please understand that I have good reason to not specify the event’s name, the city, or state which it was held in, nor the month the event occurred. And none of the photos presented in …

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The post I can now share this blog without risking the safety of others first appeared on Books By Ed Mitchell.]]> https://booksbyedmitchell.com/i-can-now-share-this-blog-without-risking-the-safety-of-others/feed/ 0 Every Paradise Has Thorns https://booksbyedmitchell.com/every-paradise-has-thorns/ https://booksbyedmitchell.com/every-paradise-has-thorns/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2019 21:38:58 +0000 https://booksbyedmitchell.com/?p=3239 Many people living in California think it is paradise despite drought, flash floods, mudslides, windstorms, earthquakes, and wildfires. Now, after years of drought turned the California landscape and vegetation brittle brown, rain has returned. Fortunately, it’s falling so often and so heavy that the intermittent streams are back, racing down the canyons to stain Monterey …

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The post Every Paradise Has Thorns first appeared on Books By Ed Mitchell.]]> https://booksbyedmitchell.com/every-paradise-has-thorns/feed/ 3 On Stage Again https://booksbyedmitchell.com/on-stage-again/ https://booksbyedmitchell.com/on-stage-again/#respond Fri, 25 May 2018 00:48:07 +0000 https://booksbyedmitchell.com/?p=2193 Yes! I returned to the author stage on Mothers Day. I answered questions from avid readers and offered advice to writers working on their first novel. It was engaging, enthusiastic and… poignant. I thank hostess Lisa Haselton for inviting me to be interviewed online in her writer’s chat room (www.writerschatroom.com). It’s humbling to be invited …

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The post On Stage Again first appeared on Books By Ed Mitchell.]]> https://booksbyedmitchell.com/on-stage-again/feed/ 0 I was seduced https://booksbyedmitchell.com/i-was-seduced/ https://booksbyedmitchell.com/i-was-seduced/#respond Sun, 01 Apr 2018 01:27:08 +0000 https://booksbyedmitchell.com/?p=2001 Grasping for help easily happens to authors pushing to get their work globally discovered by readers. This time the smooth voices of representatives from companies that convert manuscripts into eBooks kept luring me to use their converter. “It’s nearly magic. Just provide your manuscript and in an hour or two you will have a beautiful …

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The post I was seduced first appeared on Books By Ed Mitchell.]]> https://booksbyedmitchell.com/i-was-seduced/feed/ 0 Ed Mitchell vs nuclear proliferation in North Korea https://booksbyedmitchell.com/why-does-fiction-author-ed-mitchell-think-he-knows-something-about-nuclear-proliferation-in-north-korea/ https://booksbyedmitchell.com/why-does-fiction-author-ed-mitchell-think-he-knows-something-about-nuclear-proliferation-in-north-korea/#comments Mon, 19 Feb 2018 19:10:33 +0000 https://booksbyedmitchell.com/?p=1953 Because I might appear in written or broadcast interviews later this year, I want to share with you why I think I have something to add about North Korea becoming a nuclear-missile power. Reason 1:  I had a military and R&D career before becoming a fiction author. That career included serving two tours of duty …

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The post Ed Mitchell vs nuclear proliferation in North Korea first appeared on Books By Ed Mitchell.]]> https://booksbyedmitchell.com/why-does-fiction-author-ed-mitchell-think-he-knows-something-about-nuclear-proliferation-in-north-korea/feed/ 2 Why Birth a Book https://booksbyedmitchell.com/why-birth-a-book/ https://booksbyedmitchell.com/why-birth-a-book/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2017 00:10:53 +0000 https://booksbyedmitchell.com/?p=383 THE LONG AND SHORT OF BIRTHING A BOOK My first adventure thriller took 14 years from concept, through learning how to write well as I typed each chapter, until I conducted my first book launch inside the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas, California. Now, it takes me 18 months to birth a book from initial …

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The post Why Birth a Book first appeared on Books By Ed Mitchell.]]> https://booksbyedmitchell.com/why-birth-a-book/feed/ 0 Writing Tips https://booksbyedmitchell.com/writing-tips/ https://booksbyedmitchell.com/writing-tips/#respond Wed, 14 Jun 2017 23:00:56 +0000 https://booksbyedmitchell.com/?p=380 TIPS TO BECOME A MASTER WRITER Grasshopper, you dream of becoming a writer. You wish to craft a memorable story that stays with the reader their whole life. The story of someone in your family, a skill you wish to impart, or a fresh fiction story — it doesn’t matter. Grasshopper, you have much to …

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