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One of the many things I like about writing in the digital age: you can compose your text in any typeface you like, from Courier to Comic Sans — you can even write in Wingdings, if a wayward spi… more →
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The Scoop on Self-Publishing: One Author's Journey, Part 2
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wrote 4 hours ago: I’m excited to have author Francis Guenette here again for more Q&A on the inside scoop of … more →
Never Give Up: More than 200 Rejections Before the Book Deal
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wrote 3 days ago: The idea came to her when she was only 11 years old: A teenage girl accidentally time travels to sol … more →
Thought for the Day
wrote 1 week ago: One of the many things I like about writing in the digital age: you can compose your text in any typ … more →
Never Give Up: 10 Years from First Draft to Publication
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wrote 1 week ago: Tanya Chernov isn’t a household name. Like most writers, she hasn’t penned a bestseller, … more →
Writing Through the Tough Times
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wrote 2 weeks ago: If you’re a writer, you know this life is an emotional ride. My experience has been largely pe … more →
Never Give Up: From Years of Rejection to Best Selling Author
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wrote 2 weeks ago: Anyone who thinks writing is easy has probably never tried it. There are days the words just won … more →
It's All in Your Head
wrote 3 weeks ago: Or too much of it is, anyway. When it comes to stating — or not stating — the obvious, … more →
Thought for the Day
wrote 4 weeks ago: The shape of a good story in usually implied in all of its parts, including the beginning. It’ … more →
The Return of Pie
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wrote 1 month ago: We had apple pie for dessert tonight. My husband and co-author is the household’s designated … more →
Stet
wrote 1 month ago: Stet is Latin for “let it stand.” It’s also a word of power for dealing with copy … more →
Mirror, Mirror
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wrote 1 month ago: One of the hardest things to do with first-person narration (apart from the problem of how to tell t … more →
A Plaintive Query
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wrote 1 month ago: Doesn’t anybody know how to use the past perfect any more? (I’m reading slush these days … more →
Another Thing Not to Do
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wrote 1 month ago: If you’ve got a character speaking a line of dialogue and also performing an action, don … more →
Leftovers
wrote 1 month ago: We roasted a leg of lamb for Easter dinner. It would have been a half-leg of lamb — which is … more →
Fillers and Placeholders
wrote 2 months ago: When you’re hard at work on the first draft and running for daylight, you can’t afford t … more →
What's in a Name?
wrote 2 months ago: It’s a sad fact that short stories and novels have to have titles. If they didn’t, then … more →
Son of Comma-tose
wrote 3 months ago: As I’ve mentioned before, a lot of comma usage is a matter of individual style and taste. W … more →
One of Those Days
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wrote 4 months ago: Every so often, a day comes along when absolutely nothing gets done. Today was a day like that. Wel … more →
Dash It All!
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wrote 4 months ago: Where would writers be without the helpful em-dash?† A dash, the style manuals helpfully state, indi … more →
