Category: writing biz
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Craft Beer, Garage Bands, and Self-Published Authors
Craft Beer I’m not a beer drinker. But when I watched a recent Reason.TV video about craft beer, I wanted to become one. I’m not […]
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The Myth of the Thick-Skinned Novelist
Some years ago, when I was a fledgling storyteller still puzzling through the basics of what makes a story work (or not), I frequented a […]
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Literary Rambles: An Interview with Writer-Blogger Casey Mccormick
I was touched by this short interview with Casey Mccormick, the author of Literary Rambles, a blog about writing YA fiction. The interview went up […]
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7 Things I Wish I Knew before Writing My First Book
This appears to be turning into a blog-meme of sorts. No one has (to my knowledge) tagged anyone else, but the topic does seem to […]
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How to Finish and Publish a Book
Finishing the book… A friend of a friend asked me the following questions: I am writing a book. I have finished the first half and […]
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How Much Does It Cost to Publish a Book?
This post was originally posted at my personal blog. A friend of mine emailed and asked: If you don’t mind me asking, how much did […]
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The Value of a Skillful Writer
A paragraph struck me while I was reading an open letter by Joss Whedon about the writers’ guild strike: Writers can be replaced, as we […]
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Fourteen-Day Screenplay Starts Saturday
Two Weeks, One Screenplay, Are You Up To The Challenge? It’s “the NaNoWriMo for screenwriters,” the 14-day screenplay, and it’s almost upon us, June 3 […]
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The Fourteen-Day Screenplay
As an aspiring screenwriter, have you ever felt left out by the aspiring novelists and their NaNoWriMo? What kind of a silly name is NaNoWriMo […]
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Short Stories for Success
Holly Lisle said something pretty profound on the latest episode of her podcast. She was talking about prologues, whether or not to include them, but […]
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