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Category Archives: Writing
A Necessary Evil — Part II
What’s your book about? While that seems like an easy question, many authors have trouble coming up with a quick answer. What too often comes out is something like: “It’s about this guy who finds a magic tuba while digging … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Writing
Tagged agent, back cover, Big Five, book blurb, book cover, editor, elevator pitch, fan convention, imagination, indie, marketing, novelist, novice, readers, sales, sales pitch, writer's conference
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Finding My Voice
Betty Smith has kindly consented to provide the fourth entry in this series about the experiences of newly published authors. A retired college professor, Betty came late to the craft of fiction writing. I’m pleased to say she made up … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, novel writing, Writing
Tagged age, author, college prof, Fiction, first book, historical, history, learning, novel, professor, romance, teacher, teaching, university, Writing
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What I Learned Writing “Taming August”
The third entry in this series about the experiences of newly published authors is from Pam Olinto, whose amazing history has given her a host of life experiences — good and not so good. She has chosen to use what … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, novel writing, Writing
Tagged growing up, little brother, middle school, military kids, publishing, series, siblings, Writing, YA
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What I Learned Writing “The Music of Her Life”
This is the second post in a series about the writing experience — first-hand accounts of the hardships and joys of the creative process. Judy McManus, a gifted writer, client, and former student penned an outstanding first work, and she’s … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, novel writing, Writing
Tagged Artie Shaw, author, big band, divorce, fact-based fiction, first book, Glenn Miller, Greatest Generation, harassment, memoir, perfection, struggle, typos, women in the workplace, writer's block, Writing, WWII
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What I learned writing “The Queen of Everything”
I’ve asked several of my writer friends to share some of the issues they faced and overcame in the process of writing their books. Sonya Braverman dared to go first. Her story is not only compelling and well-told, it’s true. Click … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts, Memoir, Writing
Tagged addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, alienation, autobiography, fear, feelings, lie, lies, memoir, pain, recall, telling the truth, trauma, truth
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Hooks, lines, and stinkers
Okay, I admit I’m cheating, on a couple things. First, I’m recycling some material from my class on writing short fiction. Second, I cheated on the title. I’m only going to talk about lines here, specifically: opening lines. “Why not … Continue reading
Posted in novel writing, Writing
Tagged best novel starts, bestseller, Gibson, Heller, King, Lewis, Maclean, opening line, opening lines, Orwell
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