Tag: writers
group name: books
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March 05, 2007 12:08 PM EST --
I am very excited at the thought of being in a chatroom, of sorts, with readers. They always say that writing is a lonely business, and in a way that's quite true.
It's a little less lonely for . . .
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September 21, 2007 02:02 PM EDT --
The date is set, the speakers are aligned, and all that’s left is for writers to join the Maryland Writers’ Association for a day full of literary events designed to boost your writing goals. . . .
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February 15, 2007 11:14 PM EST --
One of the most famous lines in all of fiction was the opening of Charles Dickens classic, A Tale of Two Cities, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times...”
As a debut novelist, . . .
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July 11, 2007 06:21 PM EDT --
Voting in the First Chapters Romance Writing Competition is simple! If after reading a chapter you’re so impressed that you’d recommend the book for publishing, rate that chapter a 10. Very . . .
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July 11, 2008 02:11 PM EDT --
Do I Need a Literary Agent? Two Words: Hell Yeah.
The definitive way to separate oneself from being 'a waiter who writes on the side' to 'a published writer' is to land an agent . . .
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July 27, 2008 12:43 PM EDT --
Here's a quick piece on what to do once you've finished your book, if you want to have it published (not self-publish). I emailed this to a Gather friend who asked and thought there might be others . . .
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March 23, 2007 01:29 AM EDT --
One thing no one ever warned me about Gather is that it’s addictive. As soon as I returned from my book tour, I plunked my heavy suitcase in the hallway, and kissed my kids and my dogs and . . .
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March 02, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
For the first three years I owned a computer, the phrases most logged into the search engine were “literary agents” and “how to find one.” Occasionally I dropped . . .
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September 05, 2007 12:14 PM EDT --
Are you in the mood for a little romance? You couldn’t have picked a better time. Spring may not be in the air, but you wouldn’t know it judging by the number of romantic writings . . .
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July 03, 2007 09:37 PM EDT --
I don't pretend to be all that important. I run a small...tiny...itsy bitsy...press, Bards and Sages. It turns a profit, but I don't do it full time. I haven't published . . .
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June 09, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
Welcome!
Writer's Life is where you can tell us anything about your life as a writer--what inspires, what drags you down, what makes you laugh so hard that you get a series of humor articles . . .
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November 07, 2008 11:19 PM EST --
Gone With the Wind , published in 1936, remains one of the best-selling books of all time. Very impressive for a first time novelist, who also won the Pulitzer prize for the book in 1937. The movie . . .
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July 16, 2007 11:22 AM EDT --
I've just completed my first screenplay, a historical drama, and wonder what the next step is. What should I do next? The whole process is rather daunting, especially when it comes to a screenplay. . . .
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September 04, 2008 02:31 PM EDT --
For those paying close attention to Google's Chrome roll-out (see: nerds like me), you may have noticed something fishy in the Terms and Conditions : a clause that afforded Google ownership of . . .
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June 04, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
Many of my author friends have been asking how I created my book trailer, how much time it took, and what it cost me. As I have explained to everyone who has asked, this is something that anyone can do, . . .
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July 11, 2007 06:05 PM EDT --
Submissions may only be made in or from the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, and Submissions originating from any other jurisdiction are not eligible for entry. This Competition is governed . . .
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March 13, 2008 07:50 PM EDT --
In The Art of Subtext , Minneapolis novelist Charles Baxter has gone well beyond other books on the writing of prose fiction. Baxter believes that fictional techniques work when they are rooted in basic . . .
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May 17, 2007 10:55 AM EDT --
Please join us in welcoming mystery novel author David Corbett to Gather!
For fifteen years, David worked for the San Francisco private investigation firm of Palladino & Sutherland, and played . . .
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March 21, 2008 03:13 PM EDT --
March 21 2008
Despite the fact that Toronto is a large cosmopolitain city, writers conferences are rare here, for some reason. Consequently, when I saw an ad for The Desperate Wtiters Conference . . .
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March 30, 2007 02:59 AM EDT --
Sometimes I'm embarrassed by the number of how-to-write books I've accumulated in my life, and by how often I still consult them. Shouldn't I have graduated by now? Do I still need to turn . . .
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