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Aug.21.2009
A few years ago when I first used Lulu.com to publish and distribute my first book, a collection of short stories called The Middle-Aged Man and the Sea, I happened to go into the Barnes and Noble store in Union Square in New York City and found my book for sale there. I was ecstatic. I later...
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Aug.21.2009
Several writers have written me asking how to overcome writer's block.
If you're struggling with writer's block, don't get discouraged. I get stuck many times in the middle of a book and don't feel like writing. I'm not always in the creative flow, but I make myself write anyway. Here are a few...
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Aug.19.2009
An aspiring writer wrote: Dear Mr. Moreland, For the longest time I enjoyed writing short stories. I found it fun. But now it seems as if I can't produce anything. For many months now I have been at a loss for words, nothing seems to come to me. And there is no more energy in my writing. I think...
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Aug.17.2009
My friend DJ from Facebook asked for some tips on being a more descriptive writer.
First, read a lot of books from various authors. When you come across a descriptive passage you really like, read it again, study it. Notice what verbs and adjectives they used. Write that passage in a journal or...
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Aug.16.2009
I recently did an interview about publishing and social media marketing. You can listen to it at the link below. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Leilimckinleycom/~3/ZTOq9UMyvuI/
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Aug.15.2009
At first glance, there would appear to be a virtually infinite variety of vanities available to the aspiring egotist, but once exposed to a little lucidity the selection tends to shrink alarmingly. Deprived, for obvious reasons, from indulging in the conventional vanity of narcissism, I rarely look...
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Aug.14.2009
Cross-posted from Fictional Life
I prepared this list for my new blog over at Amazon. I thought I would post it here as well. Preparing these manuscripts for publication will be Job One around here for the foreseeable future.
Below is a list of my inventory of upcoming publications. Always...
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Aug.12.2009
First, let me start off by saying that this isn't aimed at anyone who has actually previewed, read, looked at or actually reviewed the first in my book series, Celtic Evil. This is more toward all those who put down the writers who don't or in some cases, can't follow normal tradition after writing...
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Aug.11.2009
For many women, working in a male-dominated industry can be very daunting. Some women, in a bid to fit in and move up, make the mistake of hiding their real selves, trying to be like men. But for self-published author Renee Weisman, women can survive and succeed in a man’s world without...
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Aug.10.2009
When I first set out to write a supernatural novel set during World War II, I didn't know much about that the Nazis and the Occult except what I had seen in movies. So I spent a good three years reading history books and articles on the Internet. I watched WWII documentaries and movies to have a...
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