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June 15, 2009
- I've just uploaded a new video. In this video I talk about how I began writing and the long road to publication. It takes a while for many writers to discover their writing style and to find what they truly want to write, and that's how it was for me. It also takes time to learn your craft and resilience to cope with the rejection letters and disappointments along the way. But if you truly want ...
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May 1, 2009
- For a writer, sometimes getting started represents the hardest part of the writing process. Getting that first word or sentence out onto the paper or screen can feel like trying to give birth to a breach baby.For me, it’s the lead to an article or the first paragraph or two of an essay or of a chapter that feels the most difficult. Once I’ve got that part written, the rest of the piece simply ...
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December 12, 2008
- Reunion of Jackals For some time, I have suffered from the perennial writer's block. However, I thought I should be as good my own doctor as every writer should be. I have been postponing working on a good number of my manuscripts. Actually, truth be told, only 3 books that I penned while in my teens, the later years of my senior high school, to be precise. They were a good write stuff, I ...
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November 2, 2008
- I’d like to introduce you to my first guest blogger, my colleague Vicki Weiland, a freelance developmental editor and speaker working in the San Francisco Bay area and specializing in business, fine arts, and history. In addition, Vicki serves as a board member of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association and the Women’s National Book Association-SF/Bay Area. I asked Vicki if she ...
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