Tag: writer
group name: publishingstuff
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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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August 09, 2008 01:56 PM EDT --
Whether you've got a major publisher or you are self-published, the bottom line is, you've got to make a name for yourself so that readers have a reason to be interested in you. If you're not . . . more
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June 06, 2006 06:50 PM EDT --
I have received a number of messages from Gatherers wondering how best to get published and find agents and have attempted to answer each request as thoroughly as possible.
Today I received my free monthly . . . more
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August 08, 2008 02:12 PM EDT --
Register today for the Wednesday, August 13th call.
1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
10 AM PT, 11 AM MT, 12 Noon CT
How does advertising an PR work in virtual worlds?
How do authors and experts promote their . . . more
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June 28, 2006 09:53 PM EDT --
Gosh it's been great to get back to Gather, even if for a brief dip. Hungry to catch up between publication readings and interivews, I've been trying to read at least one piece of all . . . more
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August 18, 2006 01:08 AM EDT --
What do you do when a good friend is jealous of your successes? When someone sees the accomplishments you have achieved and wish you well to your face while stabbing their voodoo doll of you behind . . . 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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November 15, 2006 10:49 AM EST --
I'm pleased to announce that my short memoir piece "Up North," which I had previously posted on Gather, is now available as an Amazon Short.
If you didn't get a chance to read it, here's . . . 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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August 16, 2007 06:33 PM EDT --
All writers dream of having a bestseller. In order to reach this nadir, you have to do something I call "bestselling" your book. Many writers mistakenly believe the best way to make the . . . more
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July 14, 2006 02:21 PM EDT --
AUTHORS:
For those of you who might be building a fantasy world or a sci-fi world, or even a world of your own creation for your books, this will be a tremendous help in building up your world and making . . . more
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July 11, 2006 12:51 AM EDT --
I'm constantly looking for new names for my characters because let's face it, I'm just not going to think of anything cool beyond Jennifer or Michael. Some authors buy baby books . . . more
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May 28, 2007 08:32 PM EDT --
The Liar’s Diary: A Book Review
Gather keeps getting better. I keep bumping into fine writers that I hadn’t encountered before and a growing number of outstanding authors. Often these . . . more
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October 05, 2007 08:26 PM EDT --
What's your mission?
Like many of us, I have a book I want to sell, first to a publisher and then to thousands of people on the edge of change--I have defined my market. But I have not stated in a . . . more
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August 12, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
As an entirely unexpected surprise recently, I received an e-mail telling me Writer's Digest was making rebroadcasts of select sessions from the Pre-BEA Writer's Conference available to . . . more
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November 10, 2006 09:58 AM EST --
A follow-up to Why Everyone Should Write
Now that I have one published novel under my belt, it feels funny to call myself a "writer." I suppose I have always considered myself one, just as I . . . more
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October 13, 2006 06:58 PM EDT --
I haven't been on Gather for a little while. My birthday was on October 9th, and I recently turned 32. I know, a woman shouldn't reveal her true age (LOL) but I don't care. . . . more
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August 24, 2007 06:28 AM EDT --
After thirty years of being happily married to the same wonderful person and 111 kid-years of being a parent of six practically perfect children, few things phase me anymore. I thought I had pretty . . . more
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July 27, 2008 10:26 PM EDT --
Friends,
These tele-seminar opportunities are emailed to me from a well respected and established company that I am not an employee of. I post these seminars regularly because they have been very . . . more
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