Let's see what I can do with this:
Surprises, Disasters, and Dreams – Oh My!
Surprises: It is hard to surprise me so when it happens it's big. My husband and I are o...
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Stay strong and focused my sistah. You inspire me! The after effects of getting a novel published terrified me, being the critically shy person that I was and still...
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Victoria, I like your questions; and yes, that's what I'm saying.
As you point out, this is a discussion that needs to happen. People age differently, and the increase...
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Take a look at the article that Natylie Baldwin linked to below -- very good! I especially liked his comments about the bad effects of "intention" on fiction. David...
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In my experience, there is nothing like the query phase of book publishing to grant you expertise with this question. I wrote and work shopped A LOT of query variation...
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Thank you, Brooke. I agree and I'm against 'free' books 'e' or paper. Lots of bloggers are giving away their works free and I really think the mindset effects us all a...
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Bella,
Thank you for all these fabulous suggestions. I am under contract for my non-fiction book on sexual abuse, The Long Term Effects of Sexual Abuse, and it should...
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If I were Gaiman or Eggers, I'd start to worry about the effects of editing on the crowning glory -- correlation between editorial panels and hair loss? ;-)
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I agree with your comments about plot driven, character weak films. Seems like movies are more special effects than anything else, characters are shallow and undevelop...
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