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Sep.03.2009
How to have a bestselling book:
1. Be a celebrity
2. Be endorsed by a celebrity
3. Have a movie made of your book by a celebrity
So how do you become a celebrity?
1. Be on a reality show or really stupid video
2. Be endorsed by a celebrity
3. Write a bestselling...
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Aug.27.2009
Writing anything requires that you make thousands upon thousands of choices for your characters. This is why it can feel like so much fun to start a book, but once you are a hundred pages into it, you are ready to pitch it onto a bonfire. If you made a wrong turn on the path of choices, you can...
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Aug.25.2009
"STOHHHHHP!"
This morning, I flip-clicked through my blog roll and landed on Craig Lancaster’s always-interesting blog. [Craig Lancaster is the author of a novel soon to be released by Riverbend Publishing.] In the entry, “How Do You Do It,” Lancaster answers a question–”How do you do it...
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Apr.04.2009
1. Never tell anyone the plot of your story until you’ve finished writing it. Once you’ve told your story, even in outline, some part of you relaxes. The story-telling urge is fulfilled. You’ve seen your audience react to it, and actually writing the story then becomes something of a chore, like...
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Mar.03.2009
I recently got an update from a workshop I once taught. It got me thinking about workshops, a place where writers share information about writing. It also reminded me of the most essential thing I learned about writing. It's a simple concept really, and it sounds absurd at first. Basically it is...
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Jul.29.2008
Whether you're an author publishing through traditional means or delving into self-publishing, you are going to want the feedback of a good editor or perhaps more than one. The difficulty for authors, especially those choosing self-publishing is when do you take an editor's advice and make...
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Jun.16.2008
Steve Williams (thanks) over at Suite 101 has given me an opportunity to try and set the record straight regarding the whole Me2 controversy:
Author M. Christian, an established and highly praised writer, talks about his acclaimed works and his career to date, offering aspiring writers his sage...
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