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November 17, 2009
- I have an overwhelming desire to stop writing this blog. I'm going to keep a tally of how many times I go back and add/edit/correct something as I write this.(one, two and three) Something tells me, however, that I should keep on because there might be others out there in writingland, or perhaps less alien environs, that may appreciate someone pondering the challenges facing a fellow ...
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November 12, 2009
- Bob Marley once sang, “It takes a revolution to make a solution.” I hope he’s right. Because just as the “reggae” revolution turned the world on its head by creating opportunities for many Jamaican singers, I’m hoping the “digital” revolution, of which we are in the midst, will have a similar effect for Caribbean writers. For Jah knows we need a revolution in Caribbean ...
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November 7, 2009
- As mentioned in yesterdays WNFiN post, when a publisher or acquisition editor examines a prospective author's nonfiction book proposal, he or she will look long and hard at a number of things that have little to do with that writer's writing. In particular, purchase of a manuscript depends to a great extent upon a proposal section called the "Author's Platform." If ...
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November 4, 2009
- Documenting your brain on digital has its pros and cons. But after watching this video I am on the side of the con. The con is when your writing blogs for someone, tweeting for someone or facebooking for someone that someone is not you in the present moment. And the psychologists are absolutely right. When you are online and thinking your creating content in the "creative sense" ...
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October 23, 2009
- 1Yesterday I imported this Livejournal to Wordpress.com, so there are now two mirrored versions. I will continue to post at Livejournal (I love the LJ community, can't fathom the idea of leaving) as well as over here, which means that you, dearest reader, have your pick. Sadly, during transport all my gorgeous comments got left behind. I know there are ways to import those as well, but am not so ...
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October 23, 2009
- Hi everyone. The interactive International Festival of Authors party “Peep Show” is tonight. I will be your host for this weird and wacky and, with your help, wonderful, event. Doors open at 9:30 at the Brigantine Room. If you don’t already have a ticket, you can get one at the door. So I hope to see as many of you as possible tonight. But if for some sad sad reason you can’t make it ...
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October 15, 2009
- October is half over...That means it's almost November. Time, once again, for Write Nonfiction in November! Whoo hoo!I didn't manage to post a blog last month. I was too busy setting up some really great guest bloggers for this year's challenge. You'll be so pleased with the line up!And, to get things rolling, tomorrow you can listen to me talk about Write Nonfiction in November on The National ...
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October 13, 2009
- I’ve only been a-blogging for a month now and am fascinated by the how, when, and why of it all. Especially the stats. Who loves me? For how long? What could I possibly have written to make you out there in where-ever-ville read me; me, whom you don’t even know! So, after a short story (which was well received), several doggy-humor pieces, and a couple personal posts, ...
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October 12, 2009
- Not that I don't have quite a few already. But I thought I'd choose a few to post on Red Room. There are many, many, (many!) more blogs on my site, http://www.catherineryanhyde.com, should you be interested in reading more.
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October 11, 2009
- Some people blog every day—or at least at regular intervals—but having a blog has been fun for me because I gave myself permission, early on, to write only when a topic taps me on the shoulder, demanding attention. Lately, the intervals have been getting longer and most of the taps come from outside—new developments in cultural politics, things like that. As for the inner taps, it isn't ...
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