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Sep.11.2008
Writing about writing can be as racy as the next blog-worthy topic. Hey, I weave in cute stories about my kids and moving tributes to my past and even some political panic. (Okay, political panic is only the subtext. See if you can pick it out.)
So: you meet a friend for coffee. You chat, have a...
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Sep.10.2008
It's my favourite season of the year. I glance outside and yes, although it's still early September, the leaves are starting to turn - the shrubbery alongside the road I take to town from my house is already tinted scarlet and gold, and there are hints on the maples that they are thinking about...
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Sep.10.2008
In the midst of all this political stress I completely forgot to mention that I'd uploaded Chapter 8 of my collaborative novel-in-progress, Million Dollar Ideas, to my author page. This is that sort-of-satirical, sort-of-silly book set in Hollywood in the late '40s, about a couple of hustling...
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Sep.10.2008
Queen Elizabeth's thankless poet
Sep 10, 2008, 11:00 GMT
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion says writing for the British royal family is a "thankless" task which is "incredibly difficult".
Andrew won the prestigious post - which sees him write poems to celebrate...
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Sep.09.2008
Thirty-five years ago, I received my first check for a piece of writing. The Peru Tribune paid me five bucks for a sweet little piece about my grandmother’s Indiana farm. It was hokey as hell. But they printed it. And they paid me.
That’s the big dream of a lot of writers–to be able to earn enough...
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Sep.09.2008
I'm writing cold bacon and rice cakes. There is not one damn interesting thing to say. There should be something...anything. I wasted this day in a haze. Weary. A bruise on my shoulder from where my wife elbowed me last night. Apparently, I didn't sleep well. One of those nights where the...
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Sep.09.2008
There is so much stuff here about how words are formed. For me writing about writing is like crying over tears. I shall try, though...
How does something get created? Can any ‘literary' endeavour be a visceral response? Would it then qualify as literary?
One of the definitions of the word literary...
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Sep.08.2008
In raising two lovely little boys, I have been thinking a lot about praise. People and books offer all sorts of advice about how to raise children, and one suggestion is that parents praise effort and persistence, rather than simply the child’s existence. Obviously, the idea is that if you reward...
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Sep.07.2008
Let's admit it: fantasy authors love trilogies. It's kind of hardwired into us, a sort of genetic predilection to multiple books, and for a number of years everyone's been reasonably comfortable with the state of things. Part of it's historical; the towering works in our field, Tolkien's most...
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Sep.07.2008
This is my Palin bounce, the event that's shifting my writing plans and priorities: tonight I know for sure that this election will not be an easy coast to victory for the Democrats, that it will be won only if those of us who care get out and fight. John McCain and Sarah Palin have taken the lead...
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