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In this book, Sandra Gerth draws on her experience as an editor and a best-selling author to show you how to show and tell you when to tell. Each chapter includes concrete examples and exercises that will hone your writing skills. Whether you're a novice writer working on your first story or an established author who has already learned the basics of showing and telling, this book will help you to:Grasp the difference between showing and telling.Understand why showing is such a powerful tool.Spot telling in your own manuscript.Fix bland passages and turn them into compelling scenes.Keep from telling what you have already shown.Avoid the three danger areas of telling.Describe your characters and your setting in interesting ways.Put powerful emotions into your writing.Incorporate backstory into your novel without resorting to telling.Recognize telling in dialogue.Avoid overshowing and swamping your readers with too many details.Learn when telling is actually a good thing.Immerse your readers into your story and keep them captivated from beginning to end.

A chance weekend fling becomes an electrifying escape for two strangers-until they meet again under very different circumstances. A one-night-to-forever lesbian romance.Uptight, icy Ava Harris, rocked by grief and terrible romantic decisions, moves to Melbourne for a new university job. She definitely doesn't expect to encounter the ghost of a dirty weekend in her first week there.Kind, charismatic Sofia Juma, who runs a campus tutoring program for migrant students, barely recognises Ava as the charmer she met months ago, given the woman's frosty brush-offs.When the universe keeps hurling them together, and that old attraction flares again, Ava keeps giving in to Sofia's charms. Sex is easy, but intimacy takes courage. While Sofia is brave, a wounded Ava is still running scared. If she ever catches up, will it be too late?A second chances romance about healing old wounds and learning that independence doesn't have to mean being alone.

How can you find love when the whole world is watching?High-flying pediatric surgeon Emily Lawrence is new to Washington DC. Her first week in her new job puts her on a collision course with the most powerful woman in America, President Calvin.Constance "Connie" Calvin's first term is proving turbulent thanks to trying to juggle work and life as a widowed single mother to a 12-year-old boy. Running for re-election is imminent, and the critics are gunning for her. Worse, her famed icy cool is in danger of melting in the face of Emily's passion, commitment, and charm.Admitting the rising sexual tension between the women is just the start. How can they act on it while in the public glare? Giving into temptation comes with such risk. In a world that lives and dies on opinion polls, what will the country make of them?A charged, age-gap, lesbian romance that puts the power in power couple.

Five short stories that give us glimpses into the lives of Griffin, Jorie, and the other characters from Second Nature.Bonding Time: Griffin has been looking forward to a little feline bonding time with a special lady. Leave it to her sister Leigh to interrupt.Coming to Dinner: Jorie and Griffin are having second thoughts about their decision to invite Griffin's shape-shifter relatives and Jorie's mother for dinner on Christmas Day. What could be more nerve-racking than eight cat-shifters who don't believe in Christmas celebrating with a human woman, allergic to cats, who doesn't believe in the existence of shape-shifters? Will it end with peace on earth, or will fur fly?Babysitter Material: It's Rufus and Kylin's anniversary-and no babysitter for the triplets in sight. Kylin has a desperate idea, but is her gruff father Brian, ruler of the pride, really babysitter material?When the Cat's Away: When a mouse takes up residence in Griffin and Jorie's house, Griffin calls her fathers over. With three cat-shifters on the hunt, the house will be a rodent-free zone in no time. Or so she thinks.Plus One: Griffin accepts Jorie's invitation to be her "plus one" at Jorie's high school reunion, eager to find out more about her lover's past. But the food at the buffet has an unexpected effect on Griffin.

A long-buried stone goddess bestows on US Army Lt. Ashton the power to move objects with her mind. Ash seeks a way to use her ability, while avoiding any outside forces-military or mythical. She also must find a way to control it, before it controls her. Ash turns to her tough, steadfast lover Cleo, who has special skills of her own, to help in the struggle. Can Cleo keep Ash rooted in humanity?

In part two of Queerly Loving, our authors bring you short stories with characters across the fantastic queer spectrum, with endings that will leave you warm and smiling. Trans love interests, demisexual characters trying to find their way in the world, bisexual characters dealing with a heartbreak in the best way, and lesbians on escapades.Dragons roar into life, dystopian futures unfold, mermaids enjoy space voyages, and modern-day adventures will curl your toes and make you cheer. There are first kisses, friends that are like kin, and aromantic characters discovering their place among a queer-normative family.Get ready for your queer adventure.

Professional cellist Natalya Tsvetnenko moves seamlessly among the elite where she fills the souls of symphony patrons with beauty even as she takes the lives of the corrupt of Australia's ruthless underworld. The cold, exacting assassin is hired to kill a woman who seems so innocent that Natalya can't understand why anyone would want her dead. As she gets to know her target, she can't work out why she even cares.

Frazer, head midwife at a hospital in Perth, Australia, is trying to make her corner of the world a little better by starting up a programme for at-risk parents. Not everyone is excited about her ideas. Surrounded by red tape, she finally has to team up with Cora, a social worker who is married to Frazer's boss.Cora is starting to think her marriage is beyond saving, even if she wants to. Feeling smothered by a domineering spouse, she grabs hold of the programme and the distraction Frazer offers with both hands. Soon the two women get a little too close and find themselves in a situation they never dreamed themselves capable of: an affair.As the two fall deeper, both are torn between their taboo romance and their morals. But walking away from each other may not be as simple as they thought.

What's worse than falling in love with a straight girl? Falling in love with a straight girl who drinks blood. And not even in a goth way. High school senior Mindy Murphy, has been questioning her small town life forever and, more recently, her sexuality. Maybe it has something to do with her new friend, Lucia West. When they were kids they used to be besties, until Lucia grew a head taller and a cup size bigger. Now she's captain of the cheer team, winner of the Boyfriend Olympics, and voted least likely to remember Mindy at their high school reunion. In short, possibly the worst person alive for Mindy to crush on. Especially after Lucia's bitten by a vampire. Now the only way to keep her alive is to get her blood, and the only way to cure her is to slay the vampire that turned her. Who knows, maybe after they get this vampire business settled, Lucia can explain to Mindy why she kissed her.

Dr. Ashlee Logan's world changed forever on a snowy December night in Boston. She has spent the last two years on the road, trying to escape the memory of that fateful night. With only her Great Dane, Drake, as her companion, she has worked her way across country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, working as an ER physician along the way. While serving her country, former Navy doctor Dale Parker had her life shattered in a single moment on a hot, windswept desert roadside. Now, three years later, although her physical wounds have healed, Dale is forever changed by the experience. Struggling with her self-image, she has dedicated her second chance at life to helping other wounded veterans. LA Metropolitan Hospital brings the two women together. Drawn together as kindred spirits, neither wants to face the stirring of emotions the other woman invokes. Together can Dale and Logan move past the horrific events of their pasts, or are they forever destined to be...Wounded Souls?

Due donne che provengono da mondi diversi. Linda, psicologa di successo, si getta a capofitto nel lavoro per ingannare la solitudine. Christina lavora a una linea erotica per mantenersi. I loro mondi si scontrano quando Linda chiama la linea erotica e viene messa in contatto con Christina. Christina non tarda a capire che Linda è diversa dagli altri clienti: invece del sesso, la donna le fa una proposta inaspettata. Christina avrà abbastanza coraggio da accettare l'offerta che cambierà la vita di entrambe?

For Rebecca Gibson, her journey to a work convention will be one she'll never forget. After driving around for four hours, Rebecca stops to ask for directions at an isolated house on the outskirts of Kirk Langley, Derbyshire. Her initial meeting with the house's attractive owner, Annabel Howell, seems strange and unsettling, but at her hostess's insistence, Rebecca spends the night. Plagued by nightmares, Rebecca senses that her dream world has blended with what she believes is reality. When she leaves the next day, her life has changed. Can Rebecca solve a mystery that has been haunting a family for over sixty years? Will she find love along the way? Or will the events drive her mad?