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Dec.18.2008
In 2007, Stephen King described in the New York Times what he thought a short story should do, "Talent can't help itself; it roars along in fair weather or foul, not sparing the fireworks. It gets emotional. It struts its stuff. If [good short stories] have anything in common, it's that sense...
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Dec.08.2008
I've been reading the Jeff Abbott's blog (link courtesy Nathan Bransford) on becoming an organized writer and I'm thinking that I should become one myself since, well, disorganized just doesn't work for me any more. It worked just fine when I had to think of ways to spend my time. Now when I know...
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Nov.19.2008
Not too long ago I was watching a primetime television show, as I am wont to do. And lo and behold, there was a commercial for the next Stephen King novel. It contained all of the bells and whistles of a movie trailer, and made those book trailers put together by authors on their own dime (mine,...
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Nov.08.2008
Okay, this is going to harder than I thought. Today I reached 10,421 words in the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) annual push, but I'm worried. What if I don't have enough story to get me to the end of this? Fifty-thousand words is a lot, and while I initially thought I was okay, um, this...
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Oct.15.2008
I’m currently reading one of the most recent novels by Stephen King, Lisey’s Story, which is a twist on the old writer writing a story about a writer plot. The story is about the widow of a writer, and is full of insights from an odd perspective. The perspective, in this case, is that of an author...
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Jul.05.2008
In Stephen King’s book, On Writing – A Memoir of the Craft, he talks about filtering out distractions and creating your own universe while writing. King said he likes to work to loud music -- hard-rock stuff like AC/DC, Guns ‘n Roses and Metallica and how music is another way of “shutting the door...
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Jun.13.2008
Even in good economic times, book sales only inch up, or stay stagnant. Revenue increases seem to be tied to jumps in the retail prices of books vs. new buyers, or readers purchasing more (or even more of the same).
In England, publisher Hachette has thrown down the gauntlet in the hopes of...
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