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Nov.08.2008
So this year marks the sixth time I've done NaNoWriMo. Out of the five previous years, I finished three times. That means that I have three novels languishing on CD-ROM disks somewhere in my home office. Well, actually, the first one was so bad that I deleted it. The second year's book is not a...
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Nov.07.2008
It's official: I've traded in my sacred writing space for sacred writing TIME... Thanks to a single nugget of wisdom gifted at a recent writer's conference.
Writer’s conferences are the joy of most living, breathing writers. They provide us a chance to share tips and tricks with fellow writers,...
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Oct.17.2008
It is spring of 2005. I am about to finish my first novel. After five years of writing and research, I'm closing in on the final chapter. The writing is flowing, really flowing—has been flowing for the last year or so. Somewhere along the way I tapped into a vein—actually, a main artery—of...
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Oct.01.2008
I cannot enter the contest for not living where it is taking place, but I decided to write about Amado Nervo just for fun.
As a small child, I had not decided what I would do with my life... I wanted to be an author of concepts, ideas, places, and other stuff. However, I had not understood how...
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Sep.22.2008
As a young writer, I would like to explain why would a writer use a creative commons license. I use it, and love it. These are my reasons:
Have you understood why you write? If you have, and it is not merely money or fame, then you have a pretty good reason to let others read what you write. You'...
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Aug.06.2008
When I woke up on July 29 - always a good thing! - and discovered there were no scribes serenading me at my window and I still had insufficient follicular coverage, it looked as though launch day would indeed be just another day. I tried to maintain my equanimity as I proceeded to do all the things...
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Aug.06.2008
I'm 18 years old. I'm working the cash register at the local Kash 'N Karry grocery store. It's a good hair day. I feel pretty. A good-looking guy comes through the line -- a guy with the air of being on the make. Big time. He gets to the front of the line. He leans closer. And with a handsome,...
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Aug.04.2008
I'm back at the office now, at the university, feeling the temptation to let the creative work slip away in favor of memos and busy work. But then I enter Red Room and I'm reminded of my retreat at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and of my creative and composed self. There's no...
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Aug.04.2008
A writer's life can draw criticism from the losers of this world. I received this e-mail the other day:
To whom it may concern:
Let add to the chorus of one who criticized your book [The Joy of Not Working].
I don't take offense at your drift - I make less than $10,000 and am "retired"...
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