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  • I go through that when my kids are constantly clamoring for my attention. My kids are...writing when I have the kids, like I am right now. It keeps me in the "writing mode," so to speak. If I immerse m...
  • Wordpress is, by far, the superior blogging platform. The biggest benefit to using WP is the fact that you can create multiple pages--like an actual website. I have bo...
  • I posted in haste and thought to give more information. Whitewashing is the practice of putting a white character on the cover when the actual main character is a pers...
  • You're getting the idea. If you're on the first draft, just keep going and don't look back or second-guess. When you get to the revision phase, work on clarity details...
  • Hi,   Interesting post.  I agree that Oscar Wilde probably intended this as satire. Perhaps satire of his own work, in fact. It was generally not accepted as "high" ar...
  • Last reply by Mary Walker Baron
    My publishing company (http://steelcutpress.com) received a query several months ago.  The author did not yet have an actual book.  However, discussions began.  The au...
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  • Hi All, I'm not able to participate in the calls live, but I finished listening to the recording this morning. WOW! Very exciting, frightening stuff that brings up a l...
  • Hi Ariel, I joined this group because I first worked for and then owned a regional small press for over 10 years. It isn't cheap to publish books and small presses jus...
  • Yes, of course one would have to stay as true to the historical person's actual life.  I would hate to discredit US history or some historically important figure's life. Thanks for the advice Christine. 
  • Started by Nancy Hinchliff
    Last reply by Nan Sanders Pokerwinski
    I am writing my second memoir, and I have a question from the other memoirists here. If I decide to fictionalize some of the dialogue in my book (not the content or the actual events) how do I account for that in the description of my book? Please help. Thanks
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