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October 8, 2015
How Not To Treat Editors (and people!): A Documentary
Originally posted on Jeremy Szal's Galaxy Blog:
At some point, you are going to clash with people. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s part of the human race. People will disagree with each other over everything…
At some point, you are going to clash with people. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s part of the human race. People will disagree with each other over everything…
September 26, 2015
What are your reading habits?
This morning, I found this blog post, “Dirty Little Reading Habits,” at the Findingtimetowrite blog and decided to take the quiz here for myself. What are your reading habits? Do you have a certain place at home for reading? There … Continue reading →
The Average Earnings of Authors
Originally posted on A Writer's Path:
? It is a frequent occurrence in the news to hear about authors cutting multi-million (or even billion) dollar book or movie deals. Famous examples of ridiculously successful authors, such as J.K. Rowling,…
? It is a frequent occurrence in the news to hear about authors cutting multi-million (or even billion) dollar book or movie deals. Famous examples of ridiculously successful authors, such as J.K. Rowling,…
September 13, 2015
Why Does Music Give us the Chills?
In live symphony orchestra concerts, I have experienced tsunamis of emotion engulfing me as I’ve listened to the music, moved to cry or to laugh, and physically to shiver in pleasure or fear. Music has raised goosebumps on my arms, … Continue reading →
September 5, 2015
Why I Read Genre Fiction
My appetite for reading can best be described as voracious. I love to read, and I read eclectically. For example, I recently finished reading the following: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, the May/June 2015 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction … Continue reading →
August 29, 2015
Time Suckers
This morning I stumbled onto a blog post at Online Writing Simplified about Facebook and how it could be killing your writing career. Jaipi Sixbear did mention that Facebook can be a good place to promote your writing, but her … Continue reading →
August 22, 2015
Fame
Do you want to be famous? I’ve been asked this at times when a person I’ve met finds out I’m a writer. Or a variation is the statement, “Oh, I bet you’ll be famous someday.” These comments make me cringe … Continue reading →
August 15, 2015
Some Thoughts on Point of View
Writers struggle with point of view in a prose narrative. Which point of view would be the best to tell the story? From whose point of view? How to write the point of view you’ve chosen? These are all craft … Continue reading →
August 8, 2015
Are you part of the Insecure Writer’s Support Group? #IWSG #amwriting
Originally posted on Daily (w)rite:
Thanks to Alex J. Cavanaugh for organizing and hosting the Insecure Writer’s Support Group every month! Go to the site to see the other participants. —— Insecure Writers! I had dropped out of this…
Thanks to Alex J. Cavanaugh for organizing and hosting the Insecure Writer’s Support Group every month! Go to the site to see the other participants. —— Insecure Writers! I had dropped out of this…
August 3, 2015
Finding Voice
In the last three or four days, two different writers have brought up the issue of beginning writers finding their voice in published interviews I’ve read and they expressed it in almost the same way: “…the imitative mode. Try to … Continue reading →
