Category: writing life
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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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Write Every Day: What Does that Mean & Why?
Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” […]
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NaNoWriMo almost Here, and Do I Have a Surprise for You
I never do NaNoWriMo, because I believe if you’re a writer, you should write. Period. One month of excitement is not going to change your […]
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You Are Worth Every Word You Write
I know I’ve been away for a while, because I’ve been in the midst of the frantic throes of releasing my new novel, The Conscience […]
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Editing Your First Novel: 7 Things You Must Know
I had written and completed numerous shorter works over the years, but The Conscience of Abe’s Turn: Season 1 Episodes 1-4 is the first full […]
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Why I Don’t do 70 Days of Sweat (and other sprints)
70 Days of Sweat, Round 3 begins tomorrow. I will not be participating. Just as I participate in neither NaNoWriMo nor NaNoEdMo. Why not? What […]
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The Real 7 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer
Getting caught up on my RSS feeds, I saw Brian Clark’s 10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer. He didn’t make up this advice. It […]
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