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Tie Me Down is out today!

The heartbreaking, funny, and romantic next installment to the Sex, Love, and Rock & Roll series just went up for sale! If you liked Danny and Kate’s story in Playing the Pauses, you’ll love this novella that continues their love story. The jet-setting music jobs they love are tearing them apart… Amazon:                                           https://goo.gl/z5HANs Barnes and Noble:                         https://goo.gl/vUV9gY Kobo:                                                https://goo.gl/tLpW5c ITunes/Apple:                                 https://goo.gl/PvP1Xw $1.99 ebook / $6.49 paperback             What comes after the happily ever after? Once upon a time, a...
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Write the Tightrope: A Shortcut to Balance in Fiction Writing

Have you ever been at a party with that person who just won’t stop talking? Well, it’s the same thing with your writing. Fiction is built, more or less, out of four basic parts: dialogue, thoughts, actions, and descriptions. All the best fiction has a good balance of these four parts, and when you get too much or too little, bad things start to happen. If all your characters do is talk, your readers will stop listening. If all your characters do is move, your readers will wish for a little emotional depth. If all they do is describe things, your readers will be like, “Oh my God, his eyes were BLUE we get it already!” This is an issue I’ve worked with a ton in my editing business, and so I eventually came up with a quicker way for...
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Playing the Pauses: Playlist, Behind-the-Scenes Secrets & Bonus Chapters!

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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