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Blast from the Past. Or, When your writing comes back to haunt you.
A few weeks ago I found a couple treasures I hadn’t seen in over twenty years. Two of my childhood manuscripts. Yowza, people. This is no...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 21, 20165 min read
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Flash Fiction Friday: Blank Space
Dishes clink. Leather aroma of coffee mixed with fresh baked bread, sautéed garlic and spinach. Impatient scream of steam and froth,...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 18, 20161 min read
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My poor broken baby…
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t put Humpty together...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 16, 20162 min read
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Author Interview: Susan Miller
Time for another Author Interview here at Caffeinated Fiction! This time I interviewed Susan Miller – a friend of mine who specializes in...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 14, 20166 min read
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Flash Fiction Friday: Last Words
Steel gray eyes reflected back, streaks of white in his hair, a tale of how many years we’d been together. Perfectly matched with the...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 11, 20162 min read
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Book Review: SENTINEL by Jamie Foley
This week’s book review has been a long time comin’! Jamie is a fellow writer that I got in contact with about a year ago. Our shared...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 10, 20162 min read
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That villain, and why I love him.
I have a confession to make. I’m in love with one of my characters. Ok, maybe ‘in love’ is a bit dramatic. (Me? Dramatic? No!) But I’m...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 9, 20162 min read
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7/7/7 Challenge – Who wants in?
Ok, I’ve been challenged by my friend Kelly Barr to participate in a fun little activity called the 7/7/7 Challenge! It doesn’t take much...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 7, 20161 min read
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Book Review: JACK by Liesl Shurtliff
Another book review! This one is a fun middle grade twist on the classic tale of Jack and the Beanstalk, intertwined with Jack the Giant...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 5, 20162 min read
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Flash Fiction Friday: Wrong Number
The car smelled like old leather, dirty socks and that burger from last week. It wasn’t pretty or glamorous. It also wasn’t the way I...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 4, 20163 min read
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Why I don’t want to be left alone.
This past Saturday I had the privilege of attending a winter writer’s retreat with six fellow authors. The day was spent brainstorming,...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Mar 2, 20163 min read
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March Madness and Mayhem!
Ok, so in a recent post I laid out my daily routine and how it’s taken months (years!) to achieve and that I’ve finally found a groove...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 29, 20161 min read
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5 Courses of the Rough Draft – Are you hungry yet?
Rough Drafts can be a tricky thing. The process that one author takes will look completely opposite from that of another. Each of us have...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 28, 20164 min read
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When you have… reader’s block?
It’s no secret that I love to read. As a child, I would beg to accompany my mom when she went to the mall – not to visit the toy store or...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 25, 20162 min read
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Book Review: DEAD BOY by Laurel Gale
I stumbled on this little treasure while doing some research for the MG novel I’m currently editing. The title immediately intrigued me...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 22, 20162 min read
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Flash Fiction or Nah?
Ok, I will admit, I’ve been an extreme skeptic when it comes to Flash Fiction every since I first heard about it. The idea is nice, but I...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 20, 20162 min read
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What is your writing routine?
I’m often asked how I get so much writing done when I also homeschool my three daughters. And until about a year ago, I would’ve said it...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 19, 20164 min read
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When you’ve got a few words to cut…
My current manuscript in revision happens to be a middle-grade fantasy set in a fictional medieval world with fun things like unicorns...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 15, 20162 min read
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Big Announcement!
For those of you that haven’t already checked out my Facebook page, I have some exciting news I’m ready to share with the world! A few...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 12, 20161 min read
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February Author Interview: Michelle I. Mason
I’m so excited to share a first here at Caffeinated Fiction: Our very first author interview! Look for one each month, and get to know...

Laura L. Zimmerman
Feb 11, 20165 min read
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