nonfiction
November 24, 2009
- n many ways, writing involves some form of an ethical decision with nearly every sentence; is it fair to sum a character or person in this way, should I include a citation for that piece of material, is the topic worthy and if so am I giving it due justice, and on and on.But there are those times when the act of writing itself can bring about a collision of ethics--moral imperatives to be ...
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November 23, 2009
- I think one of the reasons I enjoy ghost writing so much is that it removes the need for me to select the project that I will dedicate my time to. I am responsible for meeting someone elses vision--as opposed to my own--and the other person has decided for themselves what it is that I am going to write. I am removed completely from the equation.Given my last post, which was about the profound ...
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November 22, 2009
- Sunday, November 22, 2009 Why are vampires so popular? Really, I'm curious.Perhaps its a sign of my age and relative isolation that I don't fully understand the vampire craze. The entertainment industry is currently driven by the genre of fantasy, which even I have to admit, I find somewhat refreshing given the mainstream consumption of reality TV, medical dramas and other docudrama ...
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November 20, 2009
- To say that I am enduring what feels like an unyielding dry spell would be something of an understatement. The worst part of it is that I don't know what to do about it. I know that the best thing any of us can do is simply continue to work and work through whatever the emotional issues are that keep us from writing, but it really isn't that easy.I kind of liken what is happening to me in the ...
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November 18, 2009
- Michael Anthony is the author of MASS CASUALTIES: A Young Medic’s True Story of Death, Deception and Dishonor in Iraq (Adams Media, October 2009). His book is drawn from his personal journals during the first year he spent serving in Iraq. You can read my interview with him <a ...
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November 4, 2009
- I felt a little sad on Sunday, the first day of November. Nostalgic, because it was also the opening day of National Novel Writing Month. Last November, for the first time, I joined hundreds of thousands of aspiring novelists in that crazy, exhilarating NaNoWriMo marathon. I thought of it as an experiment—and as a way to stay busy while I awaited the publication of my first book, ...
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October 28, 2009
- By now it’s no secret that the Iraq War has been a disillusioning experience for many of the U.S. servicemen sent there. The literature on the war has, so far, been mostly written by journalists. There’s plenty of it, and like most journalism it runs pretty mainstream and inoffensive, no matter how bloody the scenes depicted. But Michael Anthony, a veteran of the war, has a different ...
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October 23, 2009
- November revolves around writing, and, like the Thanksgiving holiday celebrated during this month, that's something for which to be grateful.First, it was named National Novel Writing Month by Chris Baty, who began in 1999 with 21 San Francisco Bay Area friends writing a novel in 30 days. Of the 21, six of them succeeded that month in completing a novel, which they defined as 50,000 words—the ...
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October 15, 2009
- Dear Fellow Writers -- I felt hesitant and anxious before beginning the process of gathering industry quotes with my co-author Sharlene Martin for "Publish Your Nonfiction Book." Still, the November release date from Writer's Digest books was around the corner. It isn't often in such a competitive business that events require us to compile a list of friends according ...
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October 11, 2009
- I would like to share this interview with Henry Hutton, a good friend of mine who is helping revolutionize the publishing industry with his self publishing agency, Publish and Sell Enterprises. Known in publishing circles as The PublishingGuy, Henry has also created an online newspaper called PublishingGuy's News Update offering the latest news in the dynamic publishing industry. 1. What made ...
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