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     | Kim Harrison was supposed to be here today, and she may make it to tomorrow, but deadlines (not hers, but her publisher’s) have pushed it back. Hence my subject matter today—deadlines—and the impact they play on writer’s *real* life, writing life, and daily, weekly, monthly schedule. Deadlines are part of a writer’s life. We sign for [...] Last week, in part one, I discussed the evolution of voice in the work of one of my protégées, Tiff. With her permission, I told her story and how she found a narrator’s voice and a character’s voice that was uniquely hers. But as her story worked its way out on paper (computer files, I [...] In keeping with the “How to Write a (Fantasy) Book” premise that some of us, some of the time, are blogging on, this year, on MagicalWords.Net, I thought I’d revisit the First Page. I’ve blogged about this before, but not like this… (Yeah, I have a *new idea.* Scary, huh.) As some of you know, I [...] Today we don’t have a guest speaker, so we thought we’d post a couple of links might help our writer/readers. First, is 75 Books Every Writer Should Read. No, we don’t expect you to run out and buy them all, but peruse the list. You might see that special book that will provide the boost you need [...] 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 [...] Last week I included in my blog my opinion about the importance of a good, professionally trained, experienced, NYC publishing house, acquisitions editor. There were a lot of comments and questions, including this one by Atsiko: >>I’m curious, though, as to what qualifies an editor to be an expert. There are editors who are writers, and [...] | 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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