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Category: writing
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Seducing the Reader: Part 2
Or, how to get your reader to take your book to bed with them Once you wrote the great pick-up lines, hooked in the reader and got them to shell out money to take you home with them (through your book, of course!), what’s next? We’ve all read books that began well, but after…
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Art and beauty are what?
I’ve written at length today over at Mad Genius Club about art, and beauty, and why we are in the sad state of art today. See More… And here’s a brilliant quote by Kristine Kathryn Rusch that was perfect to go along with it. “The first rule of being an artist is to be an artist.…
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Internal Turmoil
No, not mine. I’m good, inside. Outside, I could stand to lose a little weight, but that’s another tale. No, the inner anguish I’m dealing with right now is my hero, Lom. He’s facing something that means his life is over, as he knew it. He will no longer be the protector, the supporter, the…
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Happy New Year!
Whoops! I looked up and realized it was late, and I hadn’t posted. Well, I was out late last night. Working, not celebrating, I’m afraid, although a party was involved. This morning I got out of bed, and then right back in it. I don’t do well on short sleep. Once I finally got up…
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Taking My Peeves for a Walk
This reader has a few pet peeves. Most of the time I just avoid them, but once in a while I put them on a leash and take them for a stroll, because I am also a writer, and knowing where the peeve has gone lets me avoid annoying my readers. Just be careful…
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Rabbit Trails
Yesterday I couldn’t write. Took me a while to figure out why. The day before I had gotten off the rails in Trickster Noir, flashing back and telling a story third-person about Lom’s boyhood. It was a fun little story, and will likely get finished and published as a stand-alone. But it didn’t fit in…
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On the Road
I’m on the road to Kentucky this morning, in the rain, but I get three hours to talk to my First Reader, which I am looking forward to! My post is over at Mad Genius Club, if you’re looking for ideas to keep you writing even when a block shows up. I have this mental…
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Stress-No-More
Writers! Are you blue, depressed, down in the mouth? Are you feeling like you have just written the worst compilation of words ever known in the universe? Well, worry no more! Now, you can take one look at this tome, and know that in comparison your treatise is a shining example of literary merit! Behold…
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Impatience
I was thinking today about this, wanting what I want, when I want it. Right now, I want to have the book I’m reading read, so I could write you, my beloved readers, a review of it. It’s enjoyable, if off my beaten path of genre, but it’s not fair to review a partially read…
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Work In Progress
For today’s presentation, she wanted something colorful and relevant to the project. Hello Kitty Sugar Skull, here you go…
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Almost Done
I have one final left, tomorrow. Actually, it’s a presentation, with an accompanying paper, so I am not really worried about it. Today I have an off day, which will likely be full of, well, life. I have my First Reader home with me, so I’m not going to be online much, but I wanted…
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The Monks Vs Gutenberg
The Monks Vs Gutenberg Publishing: it’s always been a hard business. If you aren’t with the establishment, you’re against them. Then, it was lavishly hand-illustrated manuscripts (ever watch Name of the Rose? No? Go, do it! You won’t be sorry, even though most of Eco’s work is unreadable). Now, it’s ebooks and indie publishers against…