Novels | Novels
Aug.15.2012
In the writing life there are two kinds of motivation. One is the kind that gets you to apply your backside to a chair and get some writing done every day. The other kind is the reason why your characters do the things they do. Both motivations can be difficult at times, but let’s start with...
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Aug.15.2012
A Conversation with an Early Adapter of Self-Publishing Gone Mainstream
Boyd Morrison fits no easy stereotypes for a novelist. With a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Rice University, he first worked for Lockheed and NASA on a space station and other projects. He returned to grad school to...
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Aug.12.2012
There are some of the usual suspects here (not that there is anything wrong with that - t0 get teens to read any novel is a plus in my books). Still, I am pleased with many of the selections which show there is much more than flash and glitz and publicity.
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Aug.12.2012
Typed 2,000 words in the novel, 1300 in "The Business of Marriage". Now I feel spent. Want to do more, can feel it coiled in me but my neck is sore and my ass is asleep. Hate stopping now but it's not comfortable sitting here any longer. Now I need to finish my coffee
Had a dream...
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Aug.12.2012
The Girl In the Glass, by Jeffrey Ford
image via clarkesworldbooks.com
Sandra M., who had become interested in a genre novel of mine, began singing the praises of Ford’s novels, and mostly out of politeness, I decided to download this novel of his in e-book form and give it a read. I’m glad...
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Aug.08.2012
For reasons of raking in a movie deal and resultant monies, I am writing a Thriller instead of keeping at my last over a Historical novel. I am - of course - awash in technology in the Thriller (some of which I make up). In the Historical I have fast horses and sailing ships. No (new) technology...
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Aug.06.2012
I am obviously a bad boy (or a slacker) for I have read but one of these books - To The Lighthouse byVirginia Woolf . And I didn't find it difficult at all - in fact, I've read it twice. And I have been planning to read Finnegans Wake for decades. Really, I have. As for philosophy - well...
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Jul.29.2012
http://mitziszereto.com/blog/normal-for-norfolk-the-literary-collaboration-of-the-century/
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Jul.19.2012
Let us not quibble about definitions. Writers and readers know what I mean. These are the novels that offer an experience that cannot be slotted into any genre category, stories that move the mind and the heart, and explore the human condition by authors whose need to tell these long stories of...
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Jul.13.2012
I've put together an e-book showcasing three of my novels, and it's FREE! as a pdf. You can find it at the bottom of this page as Bob Mustin Projects.pdf and download it.
Or if you prefer, you can buy it as a Kindle e-book on Amazon for $0.99
And btw, the full length books are for sale...
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