Catie MurphyI have regretfully decided to take a leave of absence from Magical Words. I love the site, I love participating in it (oh, how happy I was to be invited! I wanted so much to be part of a group writing blog!), but with my work deadlines, I’ve been struggling to keep up with my [...]
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     | This is, I hope, going to be a several-part series on developing your voice as a writer. It stems from a lecture I gave at a workshop a couple of years ago, and I hope it’ll be of some use to the Magical Words readers. What is voice? posted by read all posts by C E Murphy  A reader emailed me a writing question a few days ago, and gave me the all-clear to use its answer as a blog post, so I’m going to give it a shot. The question (and its surrounding commentary, which I thought was relevant) follows: I know that some authors find rewriting easier (in some ways) than [...] I had no idea you guys were going to make this so hard! I must have about six favorites, but I think Brianna Agnew may have hit the most poignant note with a stocking full of Christmas gifts for Billy Holliday from his whole family. *goopies* So, Brianna, if you want to email me (contact [...] This may be a bit of a catch-22 contest, as it presupposes you’ve read at least one of my books already. Still, it’s my contest and I’ll run it the way I want to, nyah. The Prize: Your choice of either: 1. a signed copy of one of my novels, or 2. a PDF [...] One of the things you don’t (or I didn’t, anyway) particularly think about when you’re heading into a writing career is that at some point, if you’re successful, people are probably going to start asking you to consider blurbing their books. This is awesome and alarming beyond belief. ZOMG! Somebody wants me to blurb their book! [...] | This is a 2D-barcode containing the address of our Many companies provide barcode readers that you can install on your mobile, and all of the following are compatible with this format: | ||
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