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Update on "Two Years and Counting"1 comment

ccyager wrote 2 weeks ago: The holidays fast approach, the new year is only weeks away.  I’ve slogged along with my proje … more →

Tags: Fiction, Marketing, the writing life, Updates, writing, Accomplishments, essays, Novels, Short Stories

THE GRAIL

theburningheart wrote 4 weeks ago: The Legend of the Grail, it is a mystery that will never fail to intrigue mankind, and in particular … more →

Tags: Alam al-Khayal, Alam Al-Mithal, Archetype, barzakh, Chretien de Troyes, cistercian, Elijah, Fisher King, Heart

To Outline or Not to Outline?

ccyager wrote 1 month ago: An existential question, no, but a question that pops up in writer interviews regarding the creative … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, Evan Quinn, Novel, to outline a story, screenplay, series of novels as one long story

Beauty calls forth love6 comments

Mam Adar wrote 1 month ago: Lately I’ve been bringing CDs to work and ripping them to my hard drive so I can have music to … more →

Tags: Music and Musicians, Music, daniel taylor, Chanticleer, La Nef, James Bowman, Andreas Scholl, Early Music, Countertenors

The Story Behind the Story3 comments

ccyager wrote 1 month ago: “Journalism, done right, is enormously powerful precisely because it does not seek power.  It … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, the writing life, The Future, The Atlantic, Novels, Mark Bowden, The story behind the story, Journalism

Contest Submissions2 comments

ccyager wrote 1 month ago: This week, I’ve worked hard to prepare the standalone novel excerpt, The Shadow, to submit to … more →

Tags: Updates, writing, Marketing, Fiction, Novel Excerpt, CONTEST SUBMISSIONS, The Shadow, black warrior review, Indiana Review

The Pianist1 comment

ccyager wrote 2 months ago: Virtuoso:  1. an experimenter or investigator especially in the arts and sciences; 2. one skilled in … more →

Tags: writing, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, Minnesota Orchestra, Evan Quinn, Marketing, Yevgeny Sudbin, Osmo Vanska

Two Years and Counting6 comments

ccyager wrote 2 months ago: Two years ago at this time, I had chosen which blogging site I wanted to use for my blog and I was w … more →

Tags: Updates, writing, Marketing, Fiction, the writing life, essays, Short Stories, nonfiction, Blogging

Freedom of Choice4 comments

ccyager wrote 2 months ago: Americans want choice.  Anyone might conclude this by walking through retail stores, grocery stores, … more →

Tags: writing, conductors, Fiction, The Future, Evan Quinn, freedom of choice, control in dystopia, the next big thing vs. the last big thing, 2048

Psychology in Fiction2 comments

ccyager wrote 4 months ago: Why do characters do what they do?  Why do people do what they do?  For me, writing fiction is a way … more →

Tags: Fiction, writing, character motivation, making choices, MICHAEL JACKSON, Novel, Psychology, psychology in fiction

Chamber Music and Conductors2 comments

ccyager wrote 4 months ago: Conductors are first and foremost musicians.  Their primary musical instrument is the orchestra (or … more →

Tags: Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, writing, Minnesota Orchestra, Novels, Sommerfest, Osmo Vanska, chamber music

Characters in Love3 comments

ccyager wrote 4 months ago: First came courage, then came guilt, and now love!  Characters in love.  Not in lust.  When two char … more →

Tags: writing, conductors, Fiction, Novels, Evan Quinn, characters in love, writing sex scenes, MICHAEL JACKSON, writing love scenes

On Courage20 comments

ccyager wrote 5 months ago: Last night as I was falling asleep (or tossing and turning, depending on the point of view), a porti … more →

Tags: writing, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, Novels, Evan Quinn, Courage

What's in a Name?

ccyager wrote 5 months ago: Plenty, for fictional characters.  I’ve been working on a short story with a female protagonis … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, Novels, Evan Quinn, Naming Characters, names, Randall Quinn, Joseph Caine

Mischa Santora and the Minnesota Orchestra

ccyager wrote 7 months ago: Evan Quinn’s predecessor at the Minnesota Orchestra, Associate Conductor Mischa Santora, condu … more →

Tags: Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, Research, writing, Evan Quinn, Leila Josefowicz, Minnesota Orchestra, Mischa Santora

Paying Attention as a Writer

ccyager wrote 7 months ago: Could the future of classical music be found on YouTube?  An article in last week’s Time by Vi … more →

Tags: writing, Research, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, The Future, Future, Evan Quinn, Money

The Change, Again3 comments

ccyager wrote 8 months ago: Last October I wrote a post about the similarity between the economic troubles we’re experienc … more →

Tags: writing, Fiction, The Future, Future, Novels, recession, Dystopia, economic troubles, Reading is important.

One Year Anniversary2 comments

ccyager wrote 8 months ago: Last Thursday, March 5, marked the one year anniversary for sending the Perceval manuscript to the l … more →

Tags: Updates, writing, Marketing, Fiction, the writing life, literary agents, Novel Excerpt

The Minnesota Orchestra

ccyager wrote 9 months ago: In the beginning of Perceval, American conductor Evan Quinn is conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in … more →

Tags: writing, Classical Music, conductors, Fiction, The Future, Minnesota Orchestra, Evan Quinn, Mischa Santora, European Tour


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