Category: writing life
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On Plagiarists and “Real Writers”
Holly Lisle in her writing tips newsletter today wrote about plagiarism and being a “real writer.” I put “real writer” in quotes not for sarcastic […]
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Gotta Write Who You Are
In How To Write Page-Turning Scenes, Holly Lisle tells the story of a writer who lived SF. He decided to write a fantasy-comedy, just because […]
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A Kindred Spirit on Your Writing Journey
I’ve been writing fiction—or at least trying to—for about a decade now (plus or minus a couple years, depending on how you count it). After […]
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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Feedback as a Writer
I ran across this post about how important feedback is to a writer, by the pseudonymous “Frootbat31” on her blog A Writer’s Journey. She makes […]
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Ever To Be an Aspiring Author
Lazette Gifford, author of Return to Redlin and other ebooks and novels, wrote a couple days ago about the most important writing rule: “You must […]
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Negative Reviews May Be Good for Your Book
Thanks to Bill Morris of The Millions for this link to a paper, published in Marketing Science (v. 29 n. 5, September-October 2010), “Positive Effects […]
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Aspiring Authors: Quit “Aspiring” and Just Do It Already!
“So what do you want me to do?” I can hear you quip. “Get published? Just like that? Sorry, buddy, I’m trying, but it just […]
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Rejection Sucks
This morning, I replied to Sarah Allen’s latest post, about how very many editors have been rejecting her stories: I have been telling myself for […]
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Not Taking Criticism So Seriously
The stories we write are part of us. Like children, we nurture them and raise them. We identify with them. Then we push them out […]
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Novelist, Heal Thyself (Why Everyone Should Write)
So, I’m putting together a newsletter. That is, a paper newsletter, to send to friends, family, fans, and readers–Sorry, I couldn’t think of a synonym […]
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