Addendum: I.e., I knew I forgot something

Of course it was the most salient point of my earlier post. Read that one first. Otherwise I’ll just be blathering (worse than usual).
We write in an increasingly competitive fiction market. We need that one thing that will make our prospective agents, editors, and readers sit up and take notice. Many authors think that thing [...]

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The edge in your voice

New writers struggle a lot with the term “voice.” What is it, and how do you achieve it in your own writing? Most writers agree it’s the hardest thing about the profession to master: the unique mark, like a fingerprint, that makes your writing your own.
Lately my wonderings about voice have tended not toward how [...]

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