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Mar.12.2012
I recently attended the AWP Conference in Chicago where 10,000 writers, educators, and graduate and undergraduate creative writing students met. With all the panels, the chance meetings in the hallways and lobby bars, the massive Bookfair, the readings, the awards, and the parties, the air crackled...
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Sep.29.2011
I often speak with my clients and to audiences about successful books. I have to remember that each author has a different picture of publishing success. For some, a successful book means having one become an Amazon best seller or a New York Times Best seller. For others, it means selling...
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Mar.22.2011
The William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition opened for entries on January 1, 2011. The deadline for entries is May 1, 2011. Because administrators will be unavailable to receive and process a flood of entries on April 1 due to travel plans, the deadline has been...
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Nov.14.2010
The Faulkner Society’s Words & Music festival will open November 17 and adjourn following our Tall Tales Competition led this year by raconteur, humorist, and author Ken Wells
Many writers have asked questions about the writers’ packages. The writers’ tuition packages include: A manuscript...
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Sep.05.2010
When I was in the eighth grade, my father gave me as a Christmas present Ball Four by Jim Bouton. It was very influential in my life, as a baseball player and writer. In that book, Bouton described something told him by former Dodgers ace Johnny Podres. Podres described a long day at the ball park...
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Jun.28.2010
Marketing your book is a matter of first, making friends and second, proving your value. When you combine the two you have a powerful arsenal in which to promote yourself. The relationships you forge can foster your writing career. From support through the writing process to the connections...
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Jun.01.2010
Words & Music: A Literary Feast in New Orleans officially opened registration today! Below are several "quick links" to get you started. Do note, they are still in the process of updating/adding SEVERAL author faculty members, and adding to the schedule... The info now available...
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Nov.18.2009
My story "Invasion" is featured today at Every Day Fiction, www.everydayfiction.com.
And I'm done with NaNoWriMo 2009, except for uploading the 51,248 words I've spewed out since Nov. 1.—can't upload until Nov. 25. I'm also fundraising for NaNoWriMo. I've collected $125 toward my goal of...
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Apr.05.2009
I attended my first meeting of an honest-to-goodness, real, live writers group yesterday — the Writers Club of Pasadena (Texas). Oh, I’ve participated in online writing/critique groups for more than ten years; I’ve been a member of Writing Well, where I’m one of three moderators, for the past eight...
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Sep.13.2008
It may come as a surpise to some people that we all have our doubts and our fears about our projects and career aspirations, regardless of how much success we have achieved in the past.
Lest you think that you can totally eliminate the fear of failure forever by being a major success in your...
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