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Jimmy Buffett has a song called “A Pirate Looks At Forty,” which is about an aging pirate trying to figure out where his life is headed as he slips into middle age. Great song, and one I’ve been humming to myself all day. See, I have a birthday coming up this week (Friday), and birthdays [...]
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     | One quick note, Y’all. On Tuesday the 16th of February, we’ll have a guest blogger, Kim Harrison. Hope you’ll join us that day for a special post! In the life of a writer, little is more boring or more necessary than the first rewrites. When I was writing mystery/thrillers, the first rewrite was between pages 100 [...] Over the past two weeks we’ve discussed the preparatory stages of writing our novels. We began with the research, worldbuilding, character development, and, for those who choose to do so, plot outlines that we do at the outset. Last week we talked about establishing voice at different levels — Authorial, Genre, Book, Character. [...] Like A.J., I begin 2010 feeling optimistic about my writing and about the publishing market in general. Yes, I know that things have been doom and gloom in the writing business for some time now. But the economy is on the upswing, publishers that have been tightening their belts for the past year and a [...] Last week, Faith wrote a terrific post titled “The Ideal Editor,” in which she offered her thoughts on what writers ought to look for in an editor. One of our readers commented that he’d like to see her follow up this week with a similar article about agents, and it remains to be seen whether [...] I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Every book needs a good editor. And writing a book can be compared to building a house. I’ve posted on this before, but it bears repeating, maybe in a new way with a new emphasis. Note: For those of you who may be new to the site, [...] | 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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