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Making Mistakes Before They Matter
Sometimes gremlins sneak into your computer. Really, how else can it be explained that I duplicated the first chapter of DNP, pasted in the next three chapters, saved it, copied it onto my USB key, mo… more →
Writing (mostly)
Making Mistakes Before They Matter
wrote 7 months ago: Sometimes gremlins sneak into your computer. Really, how else can it be explained that I duplicated … more →
Editing and publicizing: part of the writing process?
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wrote 1 year ago: Bookslut (all hail) posted a link to an interview with Helen DeWitt, who’s selling her most re … more →
How to make an entire and mostly unnecessary scene go away
wrote 1 year ago: 1. Change the timing of the previous scene from lunch to dinner. Then you don’t need to worry … more →
Polyphony is hard!
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wrote 1 year ago: Otherwise known as, multiple characters can be really confusing. I regret having to ditch some, but … more →
No excuse!
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wrote 1 year ago: Given the amount of time and effort some agents put into giving advice about query letters, it … more →
Computer-related links (and one book)
wrote 1 year ago: Michael Agger at Slate questions how we read online. I definitely structure my blog entries differen … more →
Things we say that are not really what we mean
wrote 1 year ago: What we say to editors, workshop leaders, critique partners, or anyone (other than Mom) who is readi … more →
Rules lawyering, agent edition
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wrote 1 year ago: Alas, I wasn’t one of the five finalists in the Nathan Bransford 250-words-of-dialogue competi … more →
Chapter 2 is sagging
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wrote 1 year ago: Boy it’s tough to keep up the tension when everyone is waiting for something to happen. At lea … more →
Why agents get really annoyed
wrote 1 year ago: So you’ll remember that back in this post I noted that an agent (or editor) who doesn’t … more →
Now we'll never know why Madonna feared air conditioning
wrote 1 year ago: Hot on the heels of not making stuff up and then writing a memoir which claims it happened to you, h … more →
RIP, Gary Gygax
wrote 1 year ago: If you know what a THACO is, please take a moment to thank this man. Without him, an entire generati … more →
How Not To Write A Memoir, In One Easy Step
wrote 1 year ago: Here it is! DON’T LIE. Don’t claim you survived the Holocaust by living with wolves. Don … more →
