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Sep.17.2012
Today as I embark on the writing day, I'm thinking about polishing, and the difference between polishing, revising and editing.
They are very different to me, although I don't know if others see or handle them differently. Revising is mostly about the story being told, whether it makes sense...
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May.30.2012
I reviewed my blogging frequency for the year. My average of 2.6 per month is acceptable…if it was my ERA and I pitched for the Royals.
Excuses: I don’t want to blabbity-blog-blab my readers into blog apathy. And who has time to blog with a two and a half year-old in the house who insists the home...
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Nov.18.2011
The weather has turned cold and wet. Snow dusts the pine trees climbing the southern slopes. The snow level looks like it's about 3500 to 3600 feet.
That has nothing to do with anything. Just wanted to mention the weather. Yesterday was Thursday, and writing group met last night. It's a social...
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Nov.10.2011
Writing Amid Used Books
Chronicling a writer's thoughts and processes as she examines the used books that she finds.
Books are a forest and it’s hard to see the trees, except the tall ones or the old ones. But when you enter the forest, it’s the new growth that emits the sunlight....
Thursday,...
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Jul.25.2011
Here’s what I didn’t do today: I didn’t send out any submissions. I didn’t finish my new short story. I didn’t write an essay about an event (funny now) in my marriage and I didn’t put up my new bulletin board because I didn’t go to Staples to buy a bulletin board. My new bulletin board, which I’...
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Jul.15.2011
I use Duotrope’s Digest’s free services to research potential markets and track my submissions. Other services they offer include market response statistics, interviews with editors, a newsletter, market updates and personal stats. Here’s an example of my stats: Pending responses for last 12 months...
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Mar.01.2011
I bought a 2011 Writer’s Market in January. I learned there are publishers who consider articles, stories and poems posted online in a forum, blog or website to be previously published. I always read guidelines two times but after this discovery, and my temper tantrum, I decided to read the...
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Dec.13.2010
I try to sit down at the end of each year to figure out how much writing I've accomplished. The header, which stays the same from year to year, tells you how I feel about it. Here's this year's list of projects:
Wish You Were HereI finished this manuscript of cemetery travel essays in March...
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Nov.04.2010
In the world of writing, one of the dreaded chores is submitting. Whether it's a simple query letter (or is that an oxymoron?), a proposal, a partial, or the exhilaration resulting from a request for a full manuscript, you're still left relying on the decision of someone else. And, odds are,...
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May.05.2010
Before I move on with another workshop recap, I decided I'd share an email I got from an agent I met at a conference. She'd told me to send 3 chapters, which I did. This was her response:
Thanks so much for offering me the chance to consider your material. Unfortunately, your project doesn't...
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