Tag: Writing
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Word for 2020
One thing that sums up how I will keep 2020 focused and on-track
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Publication Announcement: For The Empire
My flash story, For The Empire, has been published in Imitation Fruit Literary Journal
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Finnemore Fridays (On Monday. I forgot to Hit Publish Last Week): You see, the problem with writing is…
…everyone has an opinion. At the Santa Barbara Writers Conference in June, I read aloud three chapters from the travel book I’m writing. The critique from the pirates in the room was, “Give me more story about the main character.” I’ve also sent chapters to my writing group. Their feedback was the same, “More you!…
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Tips From SBWC: Be Not Afraid. Query Away, Writers!
Yesterday, thanks to spontaneously participating in #PitMad, I wrote a query. What’s a query? It is a letter (email, these days) that you send to an agent, a publisher, or anyone who might help you along on your route to publication. I hear you, devoted audience. “But wait,” you are saying, “didn’t you already write…
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On Writing Well: Part I, Principles
And here are my summary notes, in case you want a William Goldman style “good parts version.” Readers of The Princess Bride know that they are really all the good parts. That’s no different with this book. Read it all if you can.
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Pride and Prometheus: The Post-Perusing Depression of Great Novels
I finished a fantastic book for my Jane Austen book club today. Pride and Prometheus was supposed to be my “reward” for getting work done. But I read a little bit during breakfast–I just wanted to get to the end of the chapter I fell asleep on last night–and I couldn’t make myself put it…