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October 20, 2012

A QUARTER MILLION ON RED ROOM—AND LIFE SWIRLS ON

Today this page of mine on Red Room reached 250,000 views around 12:30 p.m. I predicted last month that I'd hit this milestone in October.


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Published on October 20, 2012 09:16

October 8, 2012

FEEDBACK ON COVER NEEDED

 


You have to know writers can be obsessive, and now that I'm running White Whisker Books, one of my constant concerns is for creating the right cover.


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Published on October 08, 2012 21:05

FICTION WRITING KEY CONCEPTS—Four Terms to Know

The publication party for The Fiction Writer's Handbook will be at Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, November 12, 7 p.m.

In the eighties, I was selling tile in Woodland Hills, and I was writing short stories that I showed few people. I felt naked in the stories.


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Published on October 08, 2012 08:54

October 5, 2012

CINERAMA AND MEMORY

Robert Preston in "How the West Was Won" (1962)

By far the best movie theatre of my youth was the Cooper Theatre near Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was an orange circular building with a Cinerama screen.


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Published on October 05, 2012 17:16

September 20, 2012

SUCCESS IN PUBLISHING (MAYBE)

Christopher Meeks in a less successful moment, a scream-like one.

Kirkus Reviews asked me out of the blue if I'd like t


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Published on September 20, 2012 16:55

August 25, 2012

August 16, 2012

GIVING BACK

As I mentioned two days ago, I hit 200,000 pageviews here on Red Room. I’m now at 203,230, pleased for the visitors. I now have a treat to thank you for finding this place.


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Published on August 16, 2012 18:21

August 15, 2012

INTERVIEW WITH BOYD MORRISON: "A MARATHON NOT A SPRINT"

Boyd Morrison

A Conversation with an Early Adapter of Self-Publishing Gone Mainstream


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Published on August 15, 2012 10:47

August 14, 2012

200,000! And Fish Tacos and Teenage Angst

Neptune's Net

Today I passed 200,000 page views here on Red Room. FedEx showed up with balloons and a gift basket of apples and one of the first iPhone 5's, compliments from Red Room Management.


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Published on August 14, 2012 07:25

July 26, 2012

The Fiction Writer's Handbook

The arena

The Fiction Writer’s Handbook by writer and master teacher Shelly Lowenkopf will soon be going out to reviewers and will be published in November.


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Published on July 26, 2012 16:12