Tag Archives: Writing and Publishing

lunch hour links for writers – week of 7/20/09

Posted on July 21, 2009 by

nom nom nom nom . . . Good stuff this week, kiddies! Writers connecting with writers in the best of sites, check out The Writer’s Chatroom. There is a forum, blogs, writing tips, and bi-weekly chats with published authors and … Continue reading →

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lunch hour links for writers

Posted on July 8, 2009 by

More on the Google Book Settlement at Writer Beware Blogs! See Victoria Strauss’ post, It’s Official: DOJ Investigates Google Book Settlement. She has some wonderful links so you can inform yourself about the Settlement. The summer edition of The Rose … Continue reading →

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on not giving up

Posted on June 24, 2009 by

I want you imagine me, tall and lanky, dancing in a circle and gibbering like a madwoman in absolute GLEE. You’re right, that is an ugly picture, but it’s apropos to how I feel right now. Why? Remember my twelve-year-old … Continue reading →

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another look at analyzing critiques

Posted on June 17, 2009 by

In a fit of passion, I submitted the four opening lines of my novel to Edittorrent’s latest editing exercise. (Note: whenever a professional editor says drop me four lines and I’ll edit them for you, swallow your pride, cut and … Continue reading →

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believable characters — motivation

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

Jennifer Neri posted on the problem of writing characters that are a different gender than the writer on her post, Gender – . While I haven’t had a problem with writing believable male characters, I do have a problem writing … Continue reading →

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query letters — again

Posted on May 10, 2009 by

We can’t seem to delve too deeply into the mysterious words we want to use to write our way into publication. Laverne Daley has a great link on her post A Query Letter Alert (about an interview with Wendy Burt-Thomas).  … Continue reading →

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new links of note

Posted on May 7, 2009 by

Links often get lost in the backwash, so I’d like to point out a few new links that I’ve added: two are under Book Reviews, one is under Literary Agents, and one is under Writing Tips. BOOK REVIEWS D.H. Schleicher’s … Continue reading →

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