Pennwriters | Pennwriters
Sep.01.2009
Learning is about more than simply acquiring new knowledge and insights; it is also crucial to unlearn old knowledge that has outlived its relevance. Thus, forgetting is probably at least as important as learning.
–Gary Ryan Blair ( Mind Munchies: A Delicious Assortment of Brain Snacks!)
I spent...
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Mar.25.2009
There’s a big debate going on over at Pennwriters right now between those who have been published traditionally and those who aren’t about which writers “should” do.
The old guard insists that if you want to write novels you must get them to one of the five big houses, get the publicity machine and...
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Oct.06.2008
I’m a lucky writer.
I participate in two writing groups that are very supportive, both at meeting time and after. One is based in a Unitarian church, and the small group is well-meaning and cheerful, though the members aren’t regularly published; it’s mostly people who like to write for themselves...
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Sep.14.2008
It all began because one of my daughters lives in Philadelphia (where she is employed by Big Pharma, but enough about that). She sent me a flyer on a group called Pennwriters and suggested that I consider joining. When the flyer arrived, I was going to toss it onto my "save for much later, if...
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Aug.24.2008
“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.” — Moliere
After the joy that was NaNoWriMo last November, when my family and I agreed I could throw everything into those 30 days and write a novel, I’ve worked on many writing projects...
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Aug.06.2008
As a writer friend of mine scolded, “It may be fun to chunk out novel after novel, but until you put in the work to edit, they will never go anywhere!”
So I've begun editing the novel I penned in November, during my first experience at NaNoWriMo. (For anyone who hasn’t done this, I highly recommend...
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