Monday, September 20, 2004
NOT for Romance Writers Only
Don't let it scare you. Romance, that is. I thought I’d share a few links to helpful Web sites. Although romance is the genre I prefer to write in, these inks may be helpful to any writer of any fiction. First is Romance Writers of America (RWA) at http://www.rwanational.org/. Say what you want...
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Monday, September 13, 2004
Words to Write By - Transferred from another Blog
1. Do it now--write nothing but what your conviction of its truth inspires you to write...Contemporary criticism only represents the amount of ignorance genius has to contend with. - Percy Bysshe Shelley 2. I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. - Maya Angelou 3. I...
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Wish I'd Said It - Transferred from another Blog
Here are some of my favorite writing quotes: 1. Easy reading is damn hard writing. - Nathaniel Hawthorne 2. Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. - Wyatt Earp. 3. Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream. - E.A. Poe 4. Dream as if you'll live forever; live as if you'll die today. -...
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Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Small Inspiration
A friend left me this quote when she moved on to another job: "Allow yesterday, with all its challenges and paths not taken, to fade; each morning awake and begin anew. Cut loose the baggage of yesterday and arise from a night of rest unemcumbered." This is from True Work: Doing What You Love and...
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Thursday, September 2, 2004
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth
Here’s a great dialog hint I heard a long time ago: Get out of your house, go where people gather. Listen to them. Pay attention to how they speak. Some people call it eavesdropping; writers call it research. It’s a great help if you are writing contemporary fiction. Dialog written the way people...
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Tuesday, August 31, 2004
From My Writing Bookshelf - I
How to Write and Sell Your Personal Experiences by Lois Duncan Lois Duncan is primarily an author of teen novels. How to Write and Sell... is nonfiction, the story of her writing career, which she began around age 10 and continues today. Some of her more well-known novels include Killing Mr....
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Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Notebooks for Writing Anytime, Anywhere
If you are interested, here is how I organize my writing in a notebook. I use the Mead Five-Star, smaller size, spiral-bound notebooks. I try to have a different color cover for each novel. I like the covers on the Five-Stars because they are stiff enough to write on a soft surface, if need be....
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Lunch-Hour Novel Writing
Here is one method that might work for you. At the last job before my current one, I completed a novel mostly by writing during my lunch hour. I had a 5-10 minute drive to the boat launch parking lot of a large city park. I usually brought lunch from home, but there were a couple of fast-food...
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