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Tear Off the Rearview Mirror and Don’t Look Back
A Rave About Writing I love to edit, although I admit I find it difficult to separate editing and revising. In my opinion, a good 80% of writing is editing, and that’s before a piece ever gets to an “official” editor. … Continue reading
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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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
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
A Nod to the Season: Giving Thanks
Writing I needed to write something for my RWA chapter newsletter, so I came up with this. Giving Thanks: A Short List of Writing Tools Worthy of Our Gratitude 1. The thesaurus – Any of them, all of them. I’m … Continue reading
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Not a Poster Child
Writing I’m not a poster child. I don’t post often enough here to qualify for the title, though my intentions are always good. Sometimes life gets in the way. And when it”s a choice between posting or writing my book, … Continue reading
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A Well-written Book Is Like a Roller Coaster
Raving About Reading and Writing Yesterday, we went to Cedar Point. For those who are unfamiliar with amusement parks, this one’s nicknamed the “Roller Coaster Capital of the World.” If you’re looking for a thrill, it’s is the place to … Continue reading
Carpe Diem?
View from my porch Originally uploaded by ladywriter47 A Rave About Writing. Or Not. I’ve never been good at seizing the day. I’m more of a weigh-the-pros-and-cons-then-make-a-list kind of girl. But that changes in the summer. Part of it has … Continue reading
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