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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing: July 2014
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing. For me life is writing and writing is life. Monday, July 21, 2014. Writing a Middle Grade Novel- Writer's Digest Has a Great Contest. WHY YOU SHOULD GET EXCITED. After a previous “Dear Lucky Agent” contest, the agent judge, Tamar Rydzinski (The Laura Dail Literary Agency). Signed one of the three contest winners. After Tamar signed the writer, she went on to sell two of that writer’s books! To be eligible to submit, you must. An easy way to notify me of your sharing...
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing: December 2009
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing. For me life is writing and writing is life. Saturday, December 5, 2009. Writer Tip- Why Is This Day Different From Every Other Day? It's me again. Still in my office. Still in my apartment in NYC. It's raining today. And cold. But I'm warm because I'm dog sitting my daughter's two Yorkshire Terriers and they like to cuddle! So I've decided it's time to talk to you about where to start your story or poem, it's time to talk to you about beginnings. Well I finally did ...
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing: Writing a Middle Grade Novel--Writer's Digest Has a Great Contest
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing. For me life is writing and writing is life. Monday, July 21, 2014. Writing a Middle Grade Novel- Writer's Digest Has a Great Contest. WHY YOU SHOULD GET EXCITED. After a previous “Dear Lucky Agent” contest, the agent judge, Tamar Rydzinski (The Laura Dail Literary Agency). Signed one of the three contest winners. After Tamar signed the writer, she went on to sell two of that writer’s books! To be eligible to submit, you must. An easy way to notify me of your sharing...
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing: October 2012
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing. For me life is writing and writing is life. Thursday, October 25, 2012. NaNo National Novel Writing Month- Write an ENTIRE Novel in 30 Days. I think I can, I think I can. My stomach flutters with nervous energy. 50,000 words in 30 days. Can I do it? I'm taking a cross country trip to visit family in November. I'm hosting family at Thanksgiving in our new little cottage in Maine! Because writing is something done on one's own schedule, I often put off my writing beca...
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing: August 2009
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing. For me life is writing and writing is life. Monday, August 17, 2009. Seeing Through a Glass Darkly- Why Not- Meg Cabot did and so did Greg Mortenson. For now we see through a glass, darkly." I Corinthians 13:12. No clue at all- -hence the "through a glass darkly.". But any-who, I was listening to a wonderful pod-series I subscribe to (free) by Barnes and Noble where they interview authors. Today I listened to Meg Cabot. So Meg Cabot, whose dream had been to write ab...
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing: October 2009
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing. For me life is writing and writing is life. Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Tips for Writers and Questions Answered- Just Ask Away! Okay that's a bit about setting. If you want to start a story its a good thing to let us see where the story is set. Mine is set in my apartment. Give a few details. Desk, window, 11th floor. And then give us some sensory detail. Smells (absence of in this case). This is a first draft, and I barely, sort of have three. Notice the first sente...
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing: SCBWI Florida Conference --Message: Be Brave, Write From Your Heart
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing. For me life is writing and writing is life. Monday, January 21, 2013. SCBWI Florida Conference - Message: Be Brave, Write From Your Heart. My husband just started a new job today in West Palm Beach, Florida. That means, me. His free-lance, have laptop. Can travel, wife got to move away from gray, icy NYC in January and ended up in- as my cousin in Germany commented when I posted this photo- Paradise. And fortunately for me just in time to attend the SCBWI Flo ri da.
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing: February 2010
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing. For me life is writing and writing is life. Friday, February 12, 2010. To Take a Writing Critique or Not to Take a Writing Critique: From Someone who Just Finished and Sent in Her New Novel! And aren't I lucky to have such supportive family? I guess what I'm trying to say here is it takes a village to write a book or post a blog. Even though writing is something you do alone- getting published is not something you do alone. A few trusted friends' edits can help your...
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing: November 2009
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing. For me life is writing and writing is life. Friday, November 20, 2009. Writing Dialog: Tips for Writers Part II. So, hello, it's me again. Still in my New York City apartment, and it's still Autumn outside. Last time (in part I) I chatted with you I chatted about setting scenes. Now today I'm going to talk about dialogue- with you. Yes, you are going to talk back to me. Hey, I write fiction. I can make your part up, easy as pie. Oops, easy as pie. And cutting out th...
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing: May 2009
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Beckie Weinheimer Blogs About Writing. For me life is writing and writing is life. Friday, May 22, 2009. But with a computer I can cut and paste to my heart's content. 2) I have spell check (Imagine this post without it)! I'm horrible at spelling! I can listen to books in an audible format. Which is great because when I like a book I tend to skim so I can get to what happens next and often miss some of the best lines. But the audible format forces me to hear every single word. 6) I have the gift of persi...
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