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“Judge Not….” Part 2
Rave — Reading and Writing You may remember a post I wrote a few months ago called “Judge Not….” — all about my philosophy on judging writing contests. Well, guess what! Today I got an email today which called the comments … Continue reading
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Tagged Judging contests, Judging writing contests, Writing contests
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Pitching a Book in Three Sentences
Writing I have a new motivational partner — and personally, I think we all need one of those, whether you’re a writer or not, don’t you? Anyway, because she’s a generous soul, Wendy noticed an opportunity for me to pitch … Continue reading
World of Writers — Author Series
A Rave about Reading and Writing Actually, this is sort of a shameless self-promotion because I was instrumental in arranging some of the events. However, these are great free opportunities for readers to hear about the writing process and for … Continue reading
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Tagged "Day in the Life of a Romance Writer", "World Building for Writers", "World of Writers", Author Panel, Author Series, Carla Buckley, Craig McDonald, Free, Kathleen Fuller, LInda Robertson, Medina County District Library, Reading, Richard Hasler, Rosemary Laurey, Susan Gee Heino, Writing
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So, I’m a Reject — Want to Make Something Out of It?
Rant about writing Not long ago, I entered a writing contest and got phenomenally high scores from both the first-round judges. In fact, they seemed almost too high, at least to me. And that isn’t false modesty speaking. It’s honesty. Sure, … Continue reading
Reading, Writing and Rhythm
Reading, Writing, and Raving Publishers Weekly did a blog on music about reading and writing, so I’m sharing two of my favorites. Here’s the link, if you’d like to read the post: http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/shelftalker/?p=4654&utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+PW+Daily&utm_campaign=a65427d47f-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email
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Tagged Beatles, Dire Straits, Lady Writer, Paperback Writer, Publishers Weekly Blog
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The Right Words
Writing: It’s a short video. Just watch it. Thanks to my friend, P. for sharing. As Mark Twain once said: “The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter–it’s the difference between the … Continue reading
Write On
Writing Well, actually, it should be more like “not writing.” Because that’s what I’ve been doing lately. Not writing fiction, that is — I’ve written loads of blog posts, Facebook updates, emails. In short, everything but the book. And that … Continue reading
Reading, Writing, Ranting and Raving 