Tag: novel
group name: publishingstuff
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July 03, 2006 04:14 AM EDT --
I was a newbie writer, despite the fact that it took me eight long years to finish my first manuscript. One I thought would never be finished. You know the one. The book you have tucked . . . more
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May 28, 2006 04:21 PM EDT --
That is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous rejection slips, or to write checks unto a sea of PODs and by self-publishing spend them.
Self-publishing . . . more
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June 10, 2006 12:49 PM EDT --
They say it's almost impossible to get published until you have an agent, but it's almost impossible to get an agent until you've been published. Have you solved this quandary? What are your . . . more
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July 07, 2006 01:32 AM EDT --
If you're writing your scene between two characters, delving deep into the emotions of your hero, only to hop over to the heroine and explore her feelings before jumping back into the hero's head, . . . more
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June 24, 2008 05:43 PM EDT --
I'm getting pretty close to self publishing my first novel. Naturally, I would like to get some reviews of it to place on my website to help promote it. It seems like a fairly common thing for authors . . . more
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May 25, 2008 05:43 PM EDT --
The Crow Road
O ften, on flights to the New Hope River, George and Ruby gazed down and marveled at the statue . . . more
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July 30, 2006 02:08 AM EDT --
While this may not be my first book, it is, however, my first book that will be available in bookstores! It's entitled ON EAGLE'S WINGS. This book is going to print on July 31st. . . . more
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May 25, 2006 01:10 PM EDT --
This group welcomes your stories and ideas and experiences about getting published. Whether your publishing experience is in self-publishing, traditional publishing, or magazine or newspaper articles, . . . more
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July 12, 2006 11:20 PM EDT --
Although I'm mostly a poet, I've tried unsucessfully to create novels from ideas that I've had in the past. Today, though, I got what I consider the "perfect" inspiration for a novel. . . . more
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July 05, 2006 11:38 PM EDT --
If you're like me, then your brain is a sieve. You constantly take notes on ideas and if you don't, no matter how well-meaning your "I won't forget this" mantra may be, . . . more
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March 25, 2008 04:35 PM EDT --
The New Orleans Times-Picayune has been kind to my new novel, After the Floods . In a review of Feb. 27, Susan Larson writes that "Henricksen brings such fey charm to this spiritual comedy, with . . . more
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April 02, 2007 02:13 AM EDT --
In Part One of this article, I described how National Novel Writing Month played a critical part in my completion of my first novel, God, Guns, and the Perfect Chicken-Fried Steak. After all the years . . . more
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January 26, 2008 10:32 AM EST --
In the past, I've self published a couple of short story collections through Lulu. Given that the combined 'sales' (freebies for friends, mostly) were only about 30 copies, I knew better to . . . more
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June 14, 2006 05:00 PM EDT --
The family scoffs. People look at you like you're from another planet. Friends ask when you'll "really" be published. Everyone complains about reading in front of the . . . more
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July 12, 2006 01:45 AM EDT --
We've all heard them. The "hallowed" rules of writing.
Passive = evil
Adverbs = evil
Telling vs Showing = evil
And yet, I'm here to tell you, they're not *always* evil. . . . more
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March 21, 2007 11:46 AM EDT --
I've finally received some reviews for my first release. "The Spirit of Christmas." You can read them at the following locations:
Huntress Reviews - http://www.huntressreviews.com/especial.htm . . . more
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July 02, 2007 06:56 PM EDT --
It has been said that an author's first novel is autobiographical. I can't make that claim with my first book, The Long-Timers. Pretty much all the characters were completely made up -- I don't . . . more
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July 26, 2006 06:23 PM EDT --
By Christine Buske - a Writer's Life
Writers should by default be a patient bunch; the time alone it takes to finish one manuscript can be discouraging. That doesn't include the time it takes . . . more
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September 01, 2006 10:20 AM EDT --
In trying to figure out creative ways to promote my recently released novel, I came up with this top 10 list. I find that people always respond well to both humor and humility, so that's what I was . . . more
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March 31, 2007 02:03 PM EDT --
It has been said that virtually everyone dreams of writing a novel at some point in their life. For me, the dream started at about eight years old, the first time I read Alfred Hitchcock’s The Three . . . more
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