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Mar.04.2009
The title of this blog is the title of a recent Guardian article to which I, chuckling and sighing send you. I work with writers, I am a writer, I come from writers and I am married to a writer. I have often said that being published is a lot like not being published. This puzzles people who, as I...
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Mar.01.2009
I'm in that limbo that many authors find themselves in. I have a publisher - Adams Media - for whom I wrote two books in the last few years: The Everything Blogging Book and Streetwise Ecommerce. But I'm antsy to get another book out there, and my current publisher can't rally interest in it.
I'm...
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Feb.27.2009
I remember once reading an article in the New York Times about an artist. This artist put sperm to canvas. Yes, that's right folks, no misspelling or senior moment. I said SPERM. Now many of you may have the same knee-jerk reaction I did when reading it… yuck. Who the hell would buy something like...
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Feb.22.2009
Again I wonder whether anything edifying, inspiring, or otherwise "alive" will ever flow from my pen or keyboard.
But then, I've been wondering that for decades now, and something always has. That's the miracle, isn't it, writers? We're sort of junkies for that creative hit. At least, I...
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Feb.06.2009
Book in a Week, that is.
If you're a writer--or if you've had an idea burning in your brain for a long time but haven't gotten around to putting words to paper--want to join me?
Don't fear. You don't have to complete a book in a week. You simply have to make a good start.
About twenty-three...
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Feb.06.2009
Ooooh, it's my favorite day of the week, the day I get to talk about all of the strange habits that life as a writer has brought upon my lowly existence.
Since revising has not only taken over my life but pretty much defines it throughout wake and sleep, I've noticed lately that I've developed...
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Feb.04.2009
I have managed to flabbergast some of my friends by refusing to do nothing since I wrote my first book. Nothing, I am told, is what one does when a job is done. What I can't seem to get across is the fact that this job is never done. Books simply do not sell themselves. I know this... I gave ten of...
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Jan.30.2009
I can't believe another week has gone rushing by. Blimey. (Can you tell I'm still in 19th century New Zealand?)
After last Friday's post, I came up with all kinds of...well, let's say "quirky" things we writers do. Here is another of my favorites:
You might be a writer if...you try out...
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Jan.28.2009
In addition to having been an antiquarian bookseller, I was also an antiques dealer in a previous life. I enjoyed it a great deal, and met some extremely interesting people. It also gave me the opportunity to handle some outstandingly beautiful objects. What I didn't realise, however, was that the...
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Jan.16.2009
I dislike the word author. Not for itself, but when applied to those who use their skill with words. Author is a larger term. According to some rumours, god is the author or the world.
Am I an author?
People continue to ask me, “What do you do?” I swallow my pride - is pride liquid that it can be...
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