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May.26.2009 Fellow writer features my work on her blogsite. Fellow Helium writer M.J. Joachim featured my article on the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans' Day on her blog recently. To check it out, go to http://mjjoachimmeetsheliummembers.blogspot.com/ Her blog, which provides advice and tips to writers, can be found at http://mjjoachim...	May.24.2009 Magazine publisher to writer: How dare you ask about circulation? Recently, I found myself on the receiving end of a magazine publisher’s wrath. He had accepted my article for publication--paying in copies only--and requested that I sign a release transferring all my rights to the article. I asked him what was the current circulation of his publication, and here...
May.21.2009 Should Novelists Keep Their Political Opinions to Themselves? Recently, a concerned reader responded to one of my Facebook status updates where I posed a question wondering if Nancy Pelosi was being used as a distraction by the GOP. I believe the reader was genuine when she expressed a concern that I might be ticking off half of my reading public, even...	May.21.2009 Both sides of the radio coin for writers Both sides of the radio coin for writers Today I was a guest at WXCI 91.7 radio station at Western Connecticut State University broadcasting to a large part of Connecticut. Yesterday I was on my show "A Book and a Chat" I chatted to a Louise Shaffer winner of an Emmy award and now...
May.20.2009 Karma How you treat me is your karma, how I react, is mine... Oh, yes I own my thoughts, my choices, you yours, but do we only speak and act but once? No. It echoes down the highways and paths of time, grabbing those who would listen, nipping at the conscience of those who would not. That pre-supposes...	May.17.2009 Twitter, the new literary salon When I started tweeting there were almost no celebrities. But there were people like myself, people who not only want to express themselves, but need to do it. People that had found a way to communicate with the whole world at once. In Sweden the celebrity hype on Twitter came and went. The celebs...
May.12.2009 How do you know you've "arrived" as a novelist? I know I’ve arrived as a novelist when I get a request to contribute a recipe for a cookbook by authors sharing their favorite recipes.... I can write a lot better than I can cook. However, my creativity must be spilling into this area because I managed to concoct a dish all on my own! Here is the...	May.09.2009 What’s an Unpublished Writer To Do? In spite of self-publishing gaining more respectability, there are still those who feel it is a waste of money for authors to go that route. Just this week alone I have come across a couple of cynics who believe that struggling writers are foolish and being taken advantage of by this type of...
Apr.30.2009 Platforms and a Quiet Little Novel There has been much discussion about authors needing to have a platform in order to snag that much-desired publishing contract. This is much easier to attain if one has some sort of hook or built-in audience. It doesn't escape anyone's attention that most novels do not fall into the category of...	Apr.29.2009 Remainder by Tom McCarthy--art informs literature Remainder, by TomMcCarthy, a British writer and artist, is a great reminder of how writing interacts with the world of art and its concern with space. Remainder, told in the first person, is a book about a man with amnesia who--as a result of an accident--gets over 8 million pounds as...

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