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Another textbook? Why not? There’s still plenty of good stuff worth learning, and I couldn’t cram it all into the first three. Naked Notes! is now available at Amazon. Do a writer friend of yours a HUGE favor, order a signed copy from me!
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Greeley is now available for Kindle e-readers and in paperback. Don’t miss this fantastic collection of linked tales of the old and new West. Autographed copies make great gifts, by the way. Contact me if you’d like one.
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Category Archives: Writing
Camera Angles and Paragraph Tangles
And you thought I was just a novelist. Sigh. It’s funny how certain things can coincide in one’s life and suggest ideas and/or actions unlikely to occur on their own. Such was the case for me recently when I found … Continue reading
Posted in Historical writing, novel writing, Writing
Tagged Fahrenheit 451, film, novel, paragraph, Ray Bradbury, scenes, screen shots, screen writing, screenplay, script, short story, shot, shots, writer
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Does your hero have hay fever?
Huh? Why would that make a difference? Why would someone even ask such a question? Bear with me. This all goes back to an article in The British Journal of Homeopathy, Volume 29, published in 1872. It included the following … Continue reading
Stop the music?
What I’m about to reveal will surely come as a surprise to some of my long-time writer friends. The news is, to me anyway, simply shocking. According to an item published recently in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, listening to music could … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged buzzkill, CRATs, creativity, drums, inspiration, mood, mood-setting, music, pensive, piano, research, solemnity, sound, sound effects, symphony, testing, thoughtful, Writing
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The Beat Goes On and on and on….
My previous two posts, both about changes to the copyright law, generated a great deal of interest–way more site views than usual. And the saga continues, at least for a while. After considerable plodding through the government’s stodgy website, I … Continue reading
Posted in novel writing, Writing
Tagged bureaucracy, bureaucrat, Contact us, copyright, Frankenapps, frustration, government, red tape, web page
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The Supremes weigh in on copyright — Part 2
God must really love bureaucrats, or there wouldn’t be so many of them. I just wish we could rely on a higher power for a little help when we have to deal with them. Having spent several hours registering the … Continue reading
The Supremes weigh in on copyright
Oy. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about already, the Supreme Court just ruled on a change in the way copyright law will be enforced. Writers, pay attention! For years, it was common practice in the writing community … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged copyright, intellectual property, lawsuit, poor man's copyright, protection, stolen work, Supreme Court, thieves, writer
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Go ahead, create a scene.
Writers and non-writers have completely different notions about what a scene is. Non-writers rarely think about those that don’t feature someone being outraged over something. I suspect too many who spend time aligning verbs and nouns overlook how significant “our” … Continue reading
Posted in Historical writing, novel writing, Writing
Tagged action, cause and effect, direction, Fiction, mini-story, non-fiction, pacing, point of view, road trip, scene, scene length, status quo, story length, Writing, writing session
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