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Teryl S Cartwright's Blog
November 17, 2009
- The outer limits of cable channels are just that. As I flipped to a show in which two perky and loudly dressed ladies sat in an RV, I marveled at what I was paying for. They sat smugly watching a video of some poor unsuspecting fellow who needed a "makeover". I had to think the setting was in homage to Extreme Home Makeover, but nothing else was. They giggled, these middle aged ...
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October 28, 2009
- Have you seen the movie Dear Frankie? I have, several times, but then I'm a sucker for fairy tales. I really loved it. But you be your own judge. We Americans are supposed to use the English subtitles to understand the Scottish accent, but I've watched my Hamish MacBeth enough times to not need to.I was so impressed by the LACK of words. How, as a writer, can I write like that? There ...
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September 3, 2009
- How to have a bestselling book:1. Be a celebrity2. Be endorsed by a celebrity3. Have a movie made of your book by a celebritySo how do you become a celebrity?1. Be on a reality show or really stupid video2. Be endorsed by a celebrity3. Write a bestselling bookBut how do you get endorsed by a celebrity?1. Be ...
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August 16, 2009
- Imagine how Jane Austen would feel to live in a 140 character world where briefs are king and too many words are instantly tuned out. I think she’d still find a way to poke fun and satirize our techy times. But, oh, what a difference in how. Do you think some of her most famous quotes would now look like this?It is well known, though unwritten law that a single man in possession of a Fortune ...
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August 12, 2009
- You must have read enough romances to predict what will happen. Sometimes you can see it coming and love the story all the more because of it and sometimes that same predictability can be so downright annoying that you want to write your own much better book.Romance writers won’t tell you this, but we generally follow some unwritten rules to keep you turning the pages. These rules are what make ...
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August 4, 2009
- Top Ten Answers:10. That hot, single movie star is filming on location in your town, is unaffected by fame and fortune and wisely chooses you over that conniving, catty co-star who, it turns out, was only after him for some tabloid publicity and a recurring role in his next mega-movie deal.9. That hunky person that you love to hate you later find out is actually a sponsor of an orphanage and ...
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August 1, 2009
- That and the following questions are asked and answered in my August Blog around the Block TourWhat would Pride and Prejudice look like in Tweet form?What are the top 10 SECRET rules we romance writers use to drive readers crazy?How is falling in love like America's Funniest Home Videos?What kind of metals do Regency ladies prefer a gentleman to have?Check out these websites not ONLY for my fun ...
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May 24, 2009
- Oh the timewasters you'll see if only you'll look,Myspace to be Linkedin to the Face in a Book.Twittering tweets, Youtube and ipod itunes,Hulu, IM, Txting, Bebo, Tivo and Zunes..Oh the timewasters you'll use with great wonder and glee,No need for plane travel, just plain electricity.Netflix and Flickr, email and ebay's un-store,Webisode overload, morph, Moodle, Skype, hype and more.Oh ...
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May 23, 2009
- It's surprising how much writing is research. The funny part is that writers research for the stories inside their book more than for the book itself. I know the feeling. You're done and you just want to get it out there. You just want to get it published.If you've spent hours tracking down whether a character could have used a certain slang word in the year your story takes place, you ...
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April 29, 2009
- I am intrigued by Twitter. Have any of you as authors used this yet to promote books , either by tweeting as one of your characters or trying to tweet an actual book itself? If you tweet, can you give me tips on how you use this medium to embed ads for your work? Thanks!
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April 1, 2009
- Must be the economy this year. The Virginia Festival of the Book didn't yield much in sales, just a lot of education. Of course, I didn't realize that I needed to apply to do a workshop or book talk to sell the most books. I naively tried the "vendor table" route (yes, I paid to participate instead of having them pay me). And I was promptly placed in a large room with mostly ...
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February 10, 2009
- What have you done with your book today? Has it been fun or drudgery? Do you view marketing as a necessary evil?It's tax season and in my part of the country that means people dressed in Lady Liberty costumes waving madly at the cars that pass by them. And, amazingly, the men seem to be the ones that are least embarrassed, even enjoying the moment with an enthusiasm I wish I could match. ...
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January 10, 2009
- Yes I am a Pittsburgh fan. Eagerly awaiting the playoff game tomorrow, but I digress...I remember a short story we were forced to read in school and still question why. Don't you hate it when the stories you would never choose to read are the ones chosen and the ones who, like unwelcome guests, won't ever leave soon enough?This story (as I remember it) was about an experiment in a ...
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December 19, 2008
- I have just had another book accepted for publication by Vintage Romance Publishing! It will be my second and a companion/sequel to the first book. Courting Constance is a Regency "how to win a guy in 10 days" type story. Just imagine if Lucy from I Love Lucy was trying to do it and you'll understand that everything is bound to go ridiculously wrong, despite the best intentions ...
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November 25, 2008
- Nano won and done! I've finished my novel in a month a few days early so I can celebrate and give thanks early. Let me say now that after creating my own reality show and characters and all that happens in the show in my book, I may be done with "reality tv" for awhile. It's a good thing too. The definition of reality get blurry sometimes with all the shows anyway. And even ...
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