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Check out my Interview Swap!

My interview with The Honest Writer Sadie Chelsea is up at anchor.fm/daria-white Listen in to hear her tips and enter to win a FREE book from her. Also, listen to her interviewing me at her podcast Pick up the Pen https://anchor.fm/pickupthepen

I'm being interviewed!!

I'm being interviewed this week on Pick up the Pen by Sadie Chelsea from The Honest Writer. I'll also be feautring her on my podcast this week as well! Sadie's speciality is unleashing the writer within. Stop allowing fear to kill your dream. Or maybe it's been lying dormant inside you and it needs to come out. Tune in this Friday to both Pick up the Pen and Writer in the Making! We're both psyched about this collboration so I hope you all enjoy. My website  www.dariawhite.com Writer in the Making  anchor.fm/daria-white Sadie Chelsea thehonestwriter.org

Head-Hopping

What is head-hopping? It's not the same a omniscient point of view, but head-hopping is when you're reading the story through the eyes of one character. Then from there you shift to another POV in the same paragraph or scene with no indication of a change. I've been advised to keep the POV consistent with one character for an entire chapter, but I have been know to bounce back and forth between my main characters. There will either be a parapgraph break in spacing, or I'll change the POV in the next scene with a symbols, such as hashtags or four asterisks. The bottom line is the less you confuse a reader, the better. Not only do you want your story to be polished, you want it to be clear. There's a difference between raising questions for your plot and posing questions because your readers are lost. Until the next tip!😃

Match-Made Christmas' Cover is here!

It's here! The cover for Match-Made Christmas !Available for pre-order at all major retailers soon. https://books2read.com/u/mvvjRz

Beta Readers for Match-Made Christmas

I am currently looking for beta readers for Match-Made Christmas ! Sign up will be open from now until April 2nd. I've recently discovered a website  https://betareader.io/ which is still in the beginning stages of helping authors find beta readers before officially launching their books! I decided to try it to see how I like it! This is my first time working with beta readers so it's definitely a learning experience for me. I'll let you know my results with it and was it helpful for me. Sometimes it's trial and error with some things as we learn the industry, but you'll never know unless you try. If you're interested in being a beta reader for me, click the link below to sign up. Thanks so much! https://read.betareader.io/discover/5c87e6f6bc25b8002d617816