Tag: authors
group name: writespeak
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August 13, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
Last month, I wrote an article regarding why it is not in the best interest of readers or writers to always support bookstores. Now there is more fuel to put on that fire.
It seems a . . . more
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October 18, 2007 07:52 PM EDT --
On Oct. 11, the Swedish Academy announced that Doris Lessing (87) had won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Most bloggers reacted to the news by recounting meetings they have had with Lessing and by discussing . . . more
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March 31, 2008 04:00 PM EDT --
I don't pretend to have any insider information here. Only my own business experiences.
Many self-publishing websites have been abuzz over the weekend at the earth shattering announcement . . . more
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October 12, 2007 03:08 PM EDT --
As some of you already know, the masochist in me likes to log in to Yahoo Answers. I also frequent a lot writing sites. Frankly, I am often at a loss to understand why people continue to share . . . more
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October 15, 2007 03:45 PM EDT --
Stealing K Anne's Questionaire:
Four jobs you had had in your life:
(1) Door-to-door vacuum sales
(2) Public Relations assistant for City of Bridgeton
(3) Office Goddess (i.e. executive . . . more
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August 31, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
I frequent a lot of writing communities. Some I participate in as a writer. Others I participate in as a mentor. Some I just sit back and shake my head at the car wrecks that pass for . . . more
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August 20, 2007 06:14 PM EDT --
Every writer has experienced it in some form. You’re really on a roll, the words rolling from fingers onto the computer screen like easy cheese unto a saltine. It couldn’t be smoother. . . . more
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November 25, 2007 09:58 PM EST --
As I start into the last third of my current WIP, I search my video shelf for the right inspiration. I seldom write in the silence. Sometimes I like music, preferably movie sound tracks. But as often . . . more
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January 05, 2008 10:57 AM EST --
If I may, I would like to make a few points that may be beneficial to a few of you interested in publishing a book.
No matter how good your story (or my story is); if you do not do the hard work your . . . more
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March 25, 2008 04:59 PM EDT --
One of the banes of most writers is the notorious "Writer's Block." We just can't seem to get our ideas on paper, or can't get motivated to write what we are thinking. . . . more
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August 24, 2007 11:11 AM EDT --
This is an old article I posted elsewhere. Opening up my inbox this morning reminded me of it. I had to suffer through four submission queries that all seemed to have been written by a . . . more
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October 05, 2007 04:16 PM EDT --
THE LESSER EVIL is the follow up novel to THE GREATER GOOD. It was released today from New Concepts Publishing. I love that company. I already mentioned that they put THE GREATER GOOD out in . . . more
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August 26, 2007 02:57 PM EDT --
It’s happened to many of us or to a colleague in the business. If you’re a writer, you know someone whose career took a stutter step when their publisher went out of business. Perhaps it was . . . more
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October 05, 2007 08:47 AM EDT --
The Freedom to Read is being outsourced to the lowest bidder.
How do you run a "public" library for profit?
In some ways, I would have to blame the county union. The county . . . more
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July 28, 2007 07:58 PM EDT --
As I tried to work out where to go when an unexpected twist in my latest novel presented itself, I wondered how others did it. I happened to be laying on a raft in my pool hoping the storm brewing . . . more
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September 18, 2007 01:34 PM EDT --
Ted, it is amazing, as I read this piece, how much emotion this brings back to me. It reminded me of how everyone around me always thinking that everything is okay, fine and that all is well, including . . . more
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June 11, 2007 04:18 PM EDT --
By now many of us are familiar with the incredible memoir The Scent of God and its endearing author Beryl Singleton Bissell. But in case you were waiting for the recently released paperback allow me to . . . more
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September 28, 2007 09:30 AM EDT --
For those of you that don't know, Banned Books Week starts 9/29. Sponsored by the American Library Association, Banned Books Week seeks to raise awareness regarding censorship attempts and intellectual . . . more
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September 30, 2007 03:23 PM EDT --
Those of you who have read my articles, know I'm a big fan of ebooks. Still, I was especially thrilled when my publisher, New Concepts Publishing, determined that high volume of sales earned my first . . . more
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October 10, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
I received the following irate e-mail the other day.
You should be ashamed of yourself and why does your site not warn people you are peddling filth your site should have a warning on it if you . . . more
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