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Getting Ready
I’ve been studying independent publishers and their websites the past couple weeks in preparation for starting my own publishing company. It’s fascinating. First, there is a ton of publishers “out there,” both indie and established. Second, there is another ton
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Bas Bleu
There is a charming catalog called Bas Bleu that comes to my door every so often. Most of its offerings revolve around books and book-y things, and even when I don’t need anything to read I always thumb through this
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Tips on Writing vs. Writing
I subscribe to a variety of publications, both online and off, about writing. And over the years, I’ve seen a shift in their focus. Today’s message is about ten ways to do this, five things not to do about that,
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Opening Lines
The Great Book Club met last night, and five of us discussed Mrs. Dalloway, a 1925 novel by Virginia Woolf. It made me think about first sentences in novels.
I’m sure you remember “Call me Ishmael,” which is the start
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Mrs. Dalloway
I belong to two book clubs, the 4B and the GBC. The former is an abbreviation for Broads and Books Beyond Belief, while the latter stands for the Great Book Club. It’s the GBC that’s reading Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia
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It’s NaNoWriMo Once Again
For the uninitiated, it’s National Novel Writing Month, an annual event among writers and wannabees that’s about writing a 50,000 word novel in thirty days. The math works out to 1,666 words per day.
I’ve done this project twice, once
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Poetry
Today the local monthly book club I belong to was held at my home. Only it wasn’t “Book Club” this time. It was “Poetry Club.”
I love poetry, possibly more than the general public does. The oldest book I own
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Literature
I’ve kept this email in my inbox since June of 2014. It’s a link to an article titled “14 Brilliant Pieces of Literature You Can Read in the Time It Takes to Eat Lunch.”
Isn’t that a wonderful way to
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Pre
I’m clear that the prefix ‘pre’ indicates something that goes before something else. For instance, a pre-nup is an agreement between two parties that is signed before the nuptial day. Pre-meditated murder is one that is planned in advance. Pre-existing
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Interview
Today I had a few of my fifteen minutes of fame, as I was interviewed online by Women on Writing for having been a finalist in a flash fiction contest earlier in the year.
Rather than blogging about it, I’m
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