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David Newton Writer, Website editor

David Newton
David Newton
Yakima, Washington
Member since: Jan, 2009
Last login: 07/15/2009
Last update : 07/16/2009
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About Me

  • I'm a writer with broadcast and advertising careers behind me. I run 3rdActs.com, write fiction and act in community theatre. 

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  • July the Fifteenth

    July 15, 2009

    • Now there's a stirring post title. I'm thinking that this could be a kind of writing diary for me, so I'm starting from the swirl in my head, and no one topic stands out. I opened my FRED manuscript last night and decided to query agents with it again. It's a no-category book, so I don't try to tell them which slot fits it. I dislike slots. Maybe because I avoid them. FRED, in particular, was a ...

Comments I've Written

  • E-verything

    As you say, L, this crapshoot world is even more so now. My favorite quote: "Nobody knows anything" -- William Goldman Congratulations for regaining control of the "Nevya" world.
  • William Goldman

    Goldman, the first miliion-dollar-a-script screenwriter, famously said of the movie business: "NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING." (Caps his.) Despite all the alleged evidence of best-seller-formula publishing, t
  • Creative destruction

    I still like the idea of help and approval of a professional, establishment editor-gatekeeper.

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