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STORM CLOUDS Blog Tour with Bewitching Book Tours

by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73

It’s here! For the next month, I’m doing a blog tour through Bewitching BookTours for Storm Clouds: Hero’s Sword Vol. 2. At various stops along the tour, you can win an e-copy of Storm Clouds (your choice of format – Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iBooks). At at the end of the tour, one winner will receive a Kindle Paperwhite or Nook Simple Touch (Rafflecopter widget below). Continue reading “STORM CLOUDS Blog Tour with Bewitching Book Tours”

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Being a Stereotype Doesn’t Make it Untrue

by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73

One of the reviews for Power Play: Hero’s Sword Vol. 1 mentioned that the conflict between the main character, Jaycee, and the “popular” cheerleaders was a bit stereotypical. When I read that, I kind of stepped back. Was I stereotyping? Maybe. Perhaps I was relying on my own memories of middle school a little too much. Maybe it’s become sort of an overused trope of writing. Continue reading “Being a Stereotype Doesn’t Make it Untrue”

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Scrivener Writetip: Using the Cork Board

by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73

Note: I am using Scrivener for Mac. If you are using Windows, please allow for differences.

Okay, okay. So writers are not supposed to write about, um, writing. Or writing tips at least. But my earlier posts on Scrivener continue to get hits and I continue to get asked questions, so perhaps it’s time for a little “Scrivener writing tip” post. Continue reading “Scrivener Writetip: Using the Cork Board”

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Citizen’s Police Academy Wrap-up

by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73

For the past few months, I have been attending the Citizen’s Police Academy hosted by the Pittsburgh

Bureau of Police. When you write police-procedurals, it’s kind of important to know how real police work, um, works. And while I’d love to attend the Writer’s Police Academy organized by Lee Lofland some day, this one was right here – and free. How do you say no? Continue reading “Citizen’s Police Academy Wrap-up”

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Book Release: Storm Clouds, Hero’s Sword, Vol. 2

by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73

 Well, that was fast. I just revealed the cover on Wednesday and the book was available on Amazon yesterday.

Eighth-grader Jaycee Hiller is beginning to fear she only imagined her trip to Mallory. But when a rainy afternoon leaves her with hours of playing Hero’s Sword, her favorite video game, she finds herself drawn back into the game – literally. Continue reading “Book Release: Storm Clouds, Hero’s Sword, Vol. 2”