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Swerve and Vanish: March 2015
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Mostly about fiction and writing. They also live / Who swerve and vanish in the river."- Archibald MacLeish. Wednesday, March 18, 2015. Ten lessons learned after (nearly) one year of having a book out with a small press. 1 There is both more love and more rejection out there for published authors than I ever imagined. I try to concentrate on the love- which can come from the most unexpected and delightful places. 2 Self-promotion and extroverting do not get easier. Ever. On the other hand . 9 Networking ...
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Swerve and Vanish: November 2014
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Mostly about fiction and writing. They also live / Who swerve and vanish in the river."- Archibald MacLeish. Tuesday, November 18, 2014. Pints and Prose in Fairfax tonight! Join Lindsey Crittenden, the Tuesday Night Writers, and me for Pints and Prose. At Peri's Bar in lovely Fairfax, CA! Festivities start at 6 pm. Posted by Ann Gelder. Links to this post. Labels: Bigfoot and the Baby. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I'm a writer, editor, and recovering academic. My first novel, Bigfoot and the Baby,. Skewer...
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Swerve and Vanish: August 2015
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Mostly about fiction and writing. They also live / Who swerve and vanish in the river."- Archibald MacLeish. Monday, August 03, 2015. A new interview online. If you have a half hour sometime, you can watch me be interviewed by Pete Crooks of Diablo Magazine for the Walnut Creek Library. Includes footage of Bigfoot, pictures of Queen, and some intriguing library patrons wandering into the frame. Https:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Posted by Ann Gelder. Links to this post. Bigfoot and the Baby. A love song and ...
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Swerve and Vanish: January 2015
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Mostly about fiction and writing. They also live / Who swerve and vanish in the river."- Archibald MacLeish. Friday, January 23, 2015. News for the new year. I have signed with agent Cynthia Zigmund and am revising my second novel, a literary mystery set in 1970s Cleveland. It's a bit of a departure stylistically from. Bigfoot and the Baby. But the subject, as Led Zeppelin sort of said, remains the same: mystery and how we deal with it. It's just that this time, the theme and the plot are. Captivating &#...
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AstroGeek's Skywatch: January 2013
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Bringing the stars back down to Earth since 1990. Thursday, January 31, 2013. Mars in Pisces- The Grace of the Warrior. So these guys. Mars into Pisces is part one of the days shenanigans; We also have to deal with Venus moving into Aquarius. So lets just focus on the warrior for the moment, eh? Mars into Pisces. Christ, this one is always difficult and thats coming from someone who has it natally. So what can we expect with our boy about to dive into the Piscean abyss? To anyone who will listen, but tha...
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AstroGeek's Skywatch: February 2013
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Bringing the stars back down to Earth since 1990. Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Venus in Pisces- In Love With a Stripper. Ladies, you are to read the above and instead of getting indignant at Astro, your mission is to embody that, the ultimate magic and mystery to being a woman (i.e. disappear when you have to take a shit instead of letting the poor bastard see that you actually have bodily functions, so that you can keep the magic alive.). Venus is a Bitch. Monday, February 18, 2013. Ya see, with Saturn, ...
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Swerve and Vanish: Why writers must become better actors
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Mostly about fiction and writing. They also live / Who swerve and vanish in the river."- Archibald MacLeish. Monday, March 10, 2014. Why writers must become better actors. How can you convey emotions and concepts indirectly yet effectively through body language, voice, pacing, etc.- all of which you can convert into words? So what's the value in having something read to us, especially in the rushed, hushed, even apologetic monotone that too many authors employ? It can, if the author interprets. Which is ...
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Swerve and Vanish: July 2015
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Mostly about fiction and writing. They also live / Who swerve and vanish in the river."- Archibald MacLeish. Monday, July 20, 2015. Another brief rant on the issue of likable female characters. As these posts attest. I've been hung up on the "likability" issue for years, even before Claire Messud. Brought the issue to the fore in 2013. What Messud made spectacularly clear in the now-famous interview is that readers seem to judge. A more recent book, Paula Hawkins's. The Girl on the Train. Traditional not...