Author ✨ Book Editor✨ Creative Executive @bookpipeline ✨ Instagram: @cdugganbooks ✨
Connecticut
Joined September 2011
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New episode of The Story Will Save You! @BookPipeline
Musings: Writing Conferences, Bouchercon, and Setting Expectations thestorywillsaveyou.buzzspro…
Last chance to enter the @BookPipeline Unpublished Contest by this Friday, September 20th! Enter here: bookpipeline.com/shop/unpubl…
#WritingCommunity #writingcontest #writerslife
You can vote once a day!
Pipeline’s @CDugganBooks is leading a historic campaign…
85% of US presidents were once Baby of the Year.
It’s true. No need to factcheck that.
#Vote4Finn
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My baby boy, Finley Jack, has a chance to win Baby of the Year! Vote here: babyoftheyear.org/2024/finle…
Enter @BookPipeline Adaptation Contest for a chance at getting your published book adapted to the screen!
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I wrote about my publishing failures. Enjoy!! 🫠
My fabulous colleague and podcast co-host, @CDugganBooks, has a raw and real post up on @pipelineartists.
#WritingCommunity needs to read this.
pipelineartists.com/the-bump…
#PipelineWriters #amwriting #writerslife
First episode of @BookPipeline’s TSWSY is here! @jeannevb and I have no idea what we’re doing, but we have fun discussing how we got into writing, writing with busy lives, and the morbid thoughts we have before bed 😂 #writing #books podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
So excited to be cohosting #TheStoryWillSaveYou podcast with @jeannevb !
Coming this May...
A new #PipelineArtists original podcast on publishing, for authors and soon-to-be-authors, from the POV of those on the front lines.
Hosted by @BookPipeline's @CDugganBooks and @jeannevb, with rotating guest hosts.
#TheStoryWillSaveYou
(🖼️by the very talented @ebarnesart)
Ditto @jeannevb !!! Dream team!
So many great writers! Plus @CDugganBooks is the best colleague ever … and a talented writer, too. Honored to be in the trenches with her!
Always a blast #pipelineauthors If anyone wants more advice on their opening chapters, check out @BookPipeline ‘s editing services! We’re happy to help!
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Any other burning bookish thoughts you guys want to tackle tonight? #PipelineAuthors
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What are your biggest pet peeves when it comes to first chapters? #PipelineAuthors
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I like to make sure that the first sentence matches the voice of the main character and nods to the overall tone of the work #PipelineAuthors
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One of the biggest mistakes I see in an opening chapter is too much exposition. Do not be in such a rush to inform the reader of all the important background information. It’s better for the reader to learn about the characters as the story unfolds #PipelineAuthors
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Agents and editors receive so many submissions on a daily basis, that it is so important that you grab the reader’s attention and intrigue them as quickly as possible. #PipelineAuthors
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It is time! Tonight we are talking about the most important elements of an opening chapter. This is arguably the most important part of a book to mail because it’s what keeps the reader reading! #PipelineAuthors
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If anyone is looking for a good example of multiple POVs and distinct voice, I highly recommend reading Lucy Foley’s The Guest List. I highly recommend the audio book. #pipelineauthors
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Head hopping is something I see a lot of in first drafts. Be careful of slipping into other povs when you’re writing in first person or third person limited. It can be jarring for the reader and pull them out of the scene #pipelineauthors
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If you decide to write in multiple POVs, it is so important to make each character’s voice distinct. When all the characters sound the same, it is difficult for readers to keep straight whose POV they are in. #pipelineauthors
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You should be able to read a random page and recognize whose POV you’re in. #pipelineauthors
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