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Playing the Pauses: Playlist, Behind-the-Scenes Secrets & Bonus Chapters!

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18 Apr 2018
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If you can’t get enough of Danny & Kate from Playing the Pauses and Tie Me Down, you’ve come to the right place. Let’s start off with a collage I made for inspiration while I was writing… Bonus Chapters! (Mild spoilers ahead) This mini-ebook contains two deleted scenes from Playing the Pauses. First is a dinner at Jera’s parents’ house in Portland with the whole band, and second is when Kate and Danny go home together afterwards and the rating gets quite a bit higher…and steamier! Click on the cover below to get your free download.   Playing the Pauses Playlist Full Playlist with behind the scenes info and a YouTube link to listen along: https://booklovingpixies.me/2018/03/05/excerpt-tour-playing-the-pauses-sex-love-and-rock-roll-2-by-michelle-hazen/comment-page-1   Songs That Inspired the Characters of Kate and Danny http://www.thevoluptuousbookdiva.com/2018/03/playing-pauses-by-michelle-hazen.html   The Inspiration Behind Playing the Pauses http://theworldasiseeitbloganddesigns.com/2018/03/05/playing-pauses-michelle-hazen-guest-post/   Danny’s Online Dating Profile...
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5 Minute Fiction: Through the Bars

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17 Apr 2018
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Have you ever seen a picture and thought, “God, there’s a whole book in that one image…” This is a little flash fiction for one of those pictures. Ages 18+ only please, for dark subject matter. “Don’t. It’s not your fault.” “We need to get water. When was the last time you ate? Look, try to find a hollow by the window while it’s still raining. We don’t have any way to carry it but we can drink now, maybe soak it up into our clothes for later. But no, if we wear them the sweat might ruin it. Salt. Salt counteracts hydration.” “It doesn’t hurt.” “The fuck it–” His shout cracked into silence, then a whisper. “Don’t lie to me. I’m not weak, Mari. I can take it. You know I can get us out of here.” “Okay.” She...
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3 Surprising Reasons I DNF Books, and How Writers Can Avoid Them

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22 Mar 2018
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Have you ever been in a reading slump? You know the kind I mean, where you’re dying to disappear into the pages of a great novel, but everything you pick up leaves you feeling like, “Huh, I wonder if I should check Twitter.” As I’ve gotten older and free time has gotten tighter, I’ve become pretty Machiavellian about not finishing any books that I don’t love. Recently, I’ve loved so few that I decided to take a really close look at what was failing to hook me. Not what I think is good or bad writing technique in general, but just selfishly what works for me. After a lot of list-making and brainstorming, it all kept circling back to three main things. Or, actually, just one main thing. Turns out, there are some very specific reasons what makes fiction feel...
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