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Magpie Writes: What to Get Your Writer Friends
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014. What to Get Your Writer Friends. It's the season of giving. (I REFUSE to say 'tis. I just refuse.). And if you have any writer friends on your gift list, you might be wondering what the heck to get them. A pen? Here, are some suggestions that go beyond a gift card to Barnes and Noble:. Here are two books I recently bought for friends, after buying for myself:. Cat Winters. SO GOOD. Sarah Bromley - so excited, picking up my copy from. Time, The Luxury Edition. I have a fridge m...
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Magpie Writes: New Year Resolution that Does not involve avoiding Cake
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Saturday, January 24, 2015. New Year Resolution that Does not involve avoiding Cake. I have tons of bad habits. I eat too many Pringles for one. I neglect voice mail messages for way too long. There are lots of things I should resolve to do no longer (or start doing again - like running! But there's something that I haven't done in a long time which I miss so much that I've been afraid to start it again. I will try to paint at least once a week - and I will just do it without over thinking about it. ...
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Magpie Writes: How to get Your Groove Back after Rejection
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Monday, April 13, 2015. How to get Your Groove Back after Rejection. I have joked (and been serious) before about what I have done when rejected by agents, publishers or critiques. The strategy is mostly about drinking. But, having just had a somewhat brutal rejection, I find myself in a familiar and utterly ugly place. I hate how corrosive this place is. How it seeps into my bones and amplifies the negative voice in my mind. I need to get the fudge out of Doubtsville. Now. Directions Out of Doubtsville.
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Magpie Writes: Choosing a World to Build
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Monday, April 20, 2015. Choosing a World to Build. In the past, when I've finished a book, I take a week or two off to clear out the previous book's webs in my brain-attic, then start on a new project. Firstly, I always have a couple of ideas rattling around my head. Once I cleared out the dross and glitter globules of my brain, I found I had four. Four is far away from twenty, you know. Also, some of these ideas were a sentence. They needed some serious fleshing out. It felt a little feverish, seeing ev...
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Magpie Writes: What to Drink While on Submission
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Monday, November 24, 2014. What to Drink While on Submission. I know what it's like to be on submission with a publisher. I am doing it right now, even though you can't see me. It's like FIGHT CLUB because Rule One is that you are not supposed to talk about it. (Rule Two is to take a soap making class from your local community college, to pass the time.). Last season's drink of choice was the Dark and Stormy. 2 ounces blended Scotch whisky (Famous Grouse works well). 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice. Using a ...
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Jolene Stockman: 12/12/12 Announcement: $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012. 12/12/12 Announcement: $100 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway! Over the next week, book bloggers from all over the web will be hosting The Jelly Bean Crisis. Book blast with a $100 prize in time for Christmas! It's super simple - use the Rafflecopter to enter the giveaway :). A huge thank you to Kathy from I Am A Reader, Not a Writer. She is a passionate reader, a dedicated blogger, and her sites are just gorgeous! Good luck and I'll see you back here on the 18th for the winner!
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Jolene Stockman: Free books!
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Saturday, October 13, 2012. There is a place where you can get free books right now. Paperback, hardcover, actual hold-in-your-hands books! Along with ebooks, audio books, DVDs, CDs, great advice, and snuggly corners! A giant brain on the doors? As many as you can hold, as any as you can read. Libraries change lives. I know it. Even though I don't live at the library (yet! I still love staggering home with a stack of books, or curling up in a secret corner that I'm sure no one knows about but me. Total B...
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Jolene Stockman: The Jelly Bean Crisis Tour Winners
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Friday, August 24, 2012. The Jelly Bean Crisis Tour Winners. Thank you so much to everyone who made The Jelly Bean Crisis blog tour so amazing :) A massive thank you to the incredible reviewers and tour hosts, all of the readers, commenters, Tweeters and behind the scenes supporters - you made those six days some of the best of my life :). And now. the tour prize winners! The Strawberry Jelly Bean Necklace from Molly Brown London. Jolene A – Bothell, Washington. Alicia E – Birmingham, Alabama. Leftie, in...
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Jolene Stockman: 2012 Fireworks!
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Monday, December 31, 2012. Thank you all for making 2012 such an amazing year :). Thank you to the beta-readers (Sian Young, Alyssa Young, and Jane Linsdell) for their support and enthusiasm (plus plus plus! Agent Jessica Regel for her persistence – and the emails that always give me goose bumps, Vladimir Nikulin and Vera Simon for gorgeousness inside and out (you’ll see their work more and more! Photo by Vlad and Vera. The Jelly Bean Crisis. A tour prize winner. So, what’s next? Make the big, delicious ...
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Jolene Stockman: Pick a Pencil (x2)
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Monday, February 4, 2013. Pick a Pencil (x2). Okay, so I've disappeared into the Book Cave again :) I'm editing the sequel to. Total Blueprint for World Domination. Unlock the (U)niverse - squeeeal! And it is super exciting to know that it's so close to being with you! The plan is to launch quietly around August 2013, so beta readers, start your engines! Meanwhile, I wanted to remind you (and myself! Of a previous blog post:. You know that book you want to write? It's inside you. I promise. Complaining o...