to me and I get started like a racehorse leaving the gate, but then things peter out and I have step away for a while. After a few days or even weeks the ideas begin to flow again and I make notes, write chapters and then piece it all together later, eventually a book is born. What has proven to be your most successful marketing tool? I'm not sure to be honest. I use as much social media as I can, I know that's important and the way of the 'new' world. But I haven't actually sat down and charted what's working and what's not. What advice would you give to other authors? It sounds like a clich, but don't give up! Write, re-write and do it all over again. It's not easy, in fact it's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it's worth it. Please provide a favorite excerpt from your book. 'Kate came to first and said, "Are you saying they're going to change into these monsters?" She looked horrified. He shook his head, "No Kate, they are not monsters and will not be monsters."' Wednesday, September 26, 2012 Today I'm pleased to have fellow Muse It Up author Madeleine McLaughlin return to my blog for a guest post on the logic (and importance) behind establishing a sound suspension of disbelief in writing. She is the author of the dark fiction novel THE MOUNTAIN CITY OF BRONZES. Welcome back, Madeleine! One of the first lessons