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Writing Excuses 7.47: Raising the Stakes

Writing Excuses

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Control Point: Shadow Ops, Control Point

Howard Kurtz: It's not necessarily the action that raises the stakes. A lot of times it means going back earlier in the book and making something matter more to the character. Mike Cole, his debut novel is military fiction blended with urban fantasy. He writes about a near future where magic has broken loose again on the planet.

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