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Feb.28.2013
Today is the last day of February, and I wasn’t going to wait until March, before I shared my reflections. After all, for those who have been following my February month of blessings; I won the Red Room Challenge! And for the first time ever, my photo made it to Red Room’s front-page news....
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Dec.03.2012
I've had a lot of interviews but Yuvi Zalkow, who interviewed me for The Rumpus this week, has a special quality--as a person, a writer, and an interviewer. His own writing scrapes the heart with authenticity. (See A Briliant Novel in the works at http://tinyurl.com/bqq9nwu) As...
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Oct.27.2012
I don't agree with all of these, but those to which I curl a lip might just be the ones to help another author. I do think #3 is the most sound of advice. And as for dialogue, of course modern expressions will jar and detract.
But the trick is not to make your character use an oath, or pithy...
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Oct.12.2012
I have found myself - totally unplanned- the author of four and three-quarters historical novels. One of the major difficulties (for me) has been having to deal with no modern methods of communication. But one adapts. Otherwise, an author writes to propel characters through a plot. This is the main...
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Oct.18.2011
Even though Shakespeare spelled his own name a half dozen different ways, he was Shakespeare. And he did write the plays of Shakespeare. It is a lunatic assumption that he did not do so. But the lunatics have persisted throughout the ages, usually asserting that a common man could not have...
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May.29.2010
We’re all doing our best to be our best in business. I read everything I can get my hands on in terms of business improvement, marketing, networking, etc. Some of us are going gangbusters in business and some of us are barely squeaking by. No matter where you are on the success scale though, there...
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Nov.14.2009
Putting together notes for my April 9 – 11, 2010 Autobiography workshop (Esalen). I’m in that “Gathering” stage, reading, sifting, transcribing material from a wide range of sources… some will go into the outline which I plan to share with those attending… other material will be discarded or simply...
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Aug.11.2009
This a copy of a reply to my dear friend and "writer", Catherine Nagle! From Heart to Heart!
Catherine, I share Your passion for Highest Soul Growth and for BEing and expressing True Self and Authentic Power the Best I AM ABLE. I AM enthusiastic and excited about learning and...
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Mar.15.2008
I'm impressed. The people at Red Room really do pay attention. Almost immediately after I posted, Red Room's author liaison (Jennifer Massoni) contacted me about the 1969 problem. We spent nearly a half hour discussing Red Room, its plans, its connections to the non-profit world. Jennifer was...
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