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Literary Loitering

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Kelli Jae BaeliAugust 9, 2017

With her usual flair for passion and wit, Baeli shines as she examines reading habits–her own, and that of others–in this 3rd volume of the Reading, Writing & No Arithmetic series. On display are also more of her thoughts about her writing process and the sometimes difficult obstacles that go along with being an Indie author and publisher. With essay titles like Thoughts from a Literary Contrarian, Alien Methodology, Scribe’s Melancholia, Literary Mind-Expansion & 50 Shades of Grape, Careless Editors & Languishing in Romantical Writer Myths, Holding Saddlehorn, Fiction Writes Me, Good Writers Aren’t Good Accidentally, and Writer as Reader, … Continue reading →

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The Truth of Fiction

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Kelli Jae BaeliAugust 9, 2017

Kelli Jae Baeli, Indie Publisher with Indie Literati Press and Lesbian Literati Press, and author of over 45 books, numerous articles, stories and essays, shares some thoughts about the writing craft and the writer’s life, which necessarily also includes lots of reading, followed by thoughtful examinations, splenetic ruminations and often humorous outbursts of weirdness. From Stranger Fiction, Reviews & Truthiness “First, an opinion isn’t always a fact. Second, you can’t please everyone. And third, and most importantly, (and with the most paradoxical irony), this concept: I may have failed to do the best job on a book, if I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Diction Deja Vu

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Kelli Jae BaeliAugust 9, 2017

“The competition to be a published writer is fierce. The dream of getting published has been overly-romanticized in the media so that many beginning writers think not only that writing is easy, but that they have a good chance of getting a contract from a major house. The odds are, realistically, one in a million-maybe worse than that. We hear about the success stories, not the ones who spend their lives toiling for that dream, to the exclusion of everything else, only to wind up poor, alone, lacking in social skills, and profoundly jaded that life has passed them by.There … Continue reading →

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Giving it Away: Spoilers as Both Noun & Accusation

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Kelli Jae BaeliAugust 2, 2017

Thank you for your interest in my work. Please enjoy this free download. (click the cover image) Giving it Away: Spoilers as Both Noun & Accusation (Why Book Reviews Matter & How to Write a Proper One) Ironically, in response to one review on this essay, I feel I must point out that this is a FREE essay, not a novel; it does not pretend to elucidate completely the subject at hand; it’s about 10 pages on the topic. I am too busy writing full-length novels to give it more time than that, and yes, I do advertise my other … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 20, 2014 by Kelli Jae BaeliMay 3, 2018

The Girls in the Band is doing very well in the charts! Thank you, readers! Here’s the FB live video I did on 19Sept2017 TOPIC: sex in lesbian fiction, menopause as it pertains to readers and writers, an erotica project, and many other things. You could call it live STEAMing, I suppose. LOL. Friend me on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/jaebaeli Melissa and myself in our first FB Live streaming video (16Sept2017). We talk about Hillary’s new book, my new releases, Melissa’s book projects, and calling the cops last night–we hope it wasn’t a hate crime, but our house was shot at.   … Continue reading →

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Streaming & Quilting: Differing Methodologies in Novelwriting

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Kelli Jae BaeliDecember 13, 2015

I often discuss methodology with other writers. While in general we might share certain features, we can have completely different methods for writing a book. Some writers have this uncanny, subconscious method that seems to flow from a Muse and out onto the page, with the writer as conduit. It seems amazing to me that they can start at the beginning (the beginning!?) and write straight through until the book is done. A linear stream of subconsciousness. No major tweaking of plot points or planting of red herrings {1}, rarely any insertion of missing foreshadowing or details that have to … Continue reading →

Posted in WRITING CRAFT, CREATIVITY, AUTHORS, Kelli Jae Baeli, BOOKS, Fiction, Also Known As DNA, Sensory Processing Sensitivity, AKA Investigations series, WRITING, Building Character, novelwriting, Fiction Writing, methodology | Tagged writing tips, methodology, plotting | Leave a reply

Writing Videos

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kelli Jae BaeliMay 3, 2018

On Writing, Part 2 On Writing, Part 3 The DNA of DNA, Part 1 of 2 The DNA of DNA, Part 2 of 2   Punkin’s Big Adventure (wherein I try to read my failed attempt at a children’s story, but get a case of Screaming Meemies) ©1994-2011 Kelli Jae Baeli All Content, All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, sale, distribution or use of this work is prohibited without the expressed written consent of the author.

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