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Having trouble coming up with the perfect name for one of your characters??? Don’t just sit there and go through all your favorite–or not so favorite–friends, acquaintances, aunts, uncles, and college roomies to come up with just the right moniker. Purchase a baby name book, or research baby names online. It’s a surefire way to give the odd, deviant, or calamitous rare bird in your story some real pizazz!

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Write. Share. Listen. Repeat. Once upon a time I considered myself a writer—and then I recognized that I’d make a better editor :  ) Those days as a writer, though, I thought I knew everything, and I also (mistakenly) thought that others couldn’t possibly help me write. Thinking back to those days, I’m embarrassed to say that I was THAT person. I recently conversed with a writer who, unfortunately, was in the same trap where I used to be. Don’t be that writer! Here are several ways to avoid it: get out there and join a writing group. Sign up for a writer’s workshop. Go to a book club meeting. Writers need to get away from their own ego sometimes. Don’t ever assume you can’t learn from others.