Tag: writing
group name: writespeak
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October 03, 2007 10:07 AM EDT --
Nude and shivering under my tightly-tucked hospital sheets, I had only my arms free . . . more
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April 26, 2007 09:27 PM EDT --
Some authors have made crafting a novel around the latest hot topic their particular specialty. The first one who comes to mind is Jodi Picoult. She has written engaging and deeply felt stories about . . . more
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August 03, 2007 06:43 AM EDT --
The sarcastic pessimist in me intermittently rears its ugly head to spit the plaint that no good deed goes unpunished. Yesterday was no exception. I'd worked hard courting a local independent . . . more
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August 19, 2007 10:03 AM EDT --
Question:
--- In trtreadingcircle@yahoogroups.com, (a good little group, even if it's not on Gather) "Rjay" <irish.bratz@...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have been a member her . . . more
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September 15, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
The muse and I have struggled mightily this summer. In the spring, things were looking great! I wrote up a synopsis to a new novel and sent it around to a few friends. All agreed (as friends . . . more
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March 24, 2008 08:48 AM EDT --
I've decided to write a vampire novel and I wanted your opinions in the plot. Actually, I have two plots and I need to know which one you like the best.
-->A guy (let's call him Jasper . . . more
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May 28, 2007 08:03 AM EDT --
A great blurb can make the difference between a customer taking out his/her wallet to buy your book or putting the book back on the shelf. Great blurbs sell books.
But what is a blurb, exactly? A . . . more
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June 22, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
i've read beryl's writing for many years - her eloquent columns of life on the north shore provided much-needed balm to my city-dwelling soul, stranded in minneapolis. i longed to be on a lake, . . . more
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June 20, 2007 08:48 PM EDT --
Who knows self-promotion better than this group?
A good book jacket helps promote a book. So please consider clicking on the attached link and voting for #8. It happens to be for my new book, . . . more
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September 10, 2007 10:43 AM EDT --
Just for the record, I DO NOT EVER READ ROMANCE NOVELS. No exceptions. No "just once." No, "but you'll like..." NO NO NO. I hate romances and erotica. . . . more
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September 20, 2007 11:39 AM EDT --
My notes from Michael Lucker's excellent writers' retreat class finally kicked in this week, and I realized what has been missing from my stories. He asked three questions:
1. What is the story . . . more
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August 10, 2008 12:21 PM EDT --
You may remember Samara O'Shea last year when she published her first book, For the Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to the Art of Letter Writing by Samara O'Shea .
Now, she gives . . . more
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January 22, 2008 02:29 PM EST --
First let me say that this does NOT relate to gather.com at all. I am honored to have their link on my personal website.
The simple question is:
If a forum allows you to put your personal . . . 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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May 02, 2008 05:08 AM EDT --
Neither editor nor expert, the reader reviewer occupies an ambiguous position in the food chain of the creative process. Uncertain of their own qualifications and abilities, the temptation exists . . . more
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October 30, 2007 05:31 AM EDT --
Sometimes I think the most difficult part of a writing is knowing where to start especially if it's a personal essay. I'm working on an essay about a Christmas tradition of my sister picking . . . more
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January 28, 2008 02:57 PM EST --
You'll write two or more lines then someone else will write some other after me. It isn't a specific genre, but each person comments decides. Just try to leave it open for the one after you. Don't . . . more
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June 23, 2007 12:13 PM EDT --
I have collections and collections of family geneology papers. My grandmother was very proud of belonging to one of the oldest families in what is now Taylor County, Georgia. There are boxes of photographs . . . more
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August 29, 2007 07:11 AM EDT --
Being a successful author is only 10% writing. The other 90% of what an author needs to bestsell books is marketing, which is as difficult to define as it is to do. Nonetheless, if you ask any . . . more
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September 14, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
Writing scams abound on the internet. Anyone with an e-mail address can claim to be a publisher, and too many writers are too eager to get published. In reality, there is no reason to fall . . . more
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