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Becoming a Novelist: January 2013
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Here are some of the steps I have taken and am still taking on the road to becoming a published novelist. Tuesday, January 15, 2013. 100 word challenge #73: The Arbitration of the Strings. I just came across a neat idea, the 100 word challenge. It resides on this blog: Julias Place. The idea is to take a starting phrase and write 100 words around it. This is week #73, the phrase is …the notes from the piano…. How have I missed this for so long? The Arbitration of the Strings. The notes from the piano.
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Becoming a Novelist: June 2013
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Here are some of the steps I have taken and am still taking on the road to becoming a published novelist. Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Becoming a Novelist: Value vs. Worth (how my car started me thinking). Becoming a Novelist: Value vs. Worth (how my car started me thinking). I'm going to go off topic here and talk about what things are worth to me. This whole topic was prompted by my automobile. My car is . Value vs. Worth (how my car started me thinking). So I must consider how much a new car will cost, a...
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Becoming a Novelist: March 2013
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Here are some of the steps I have taken and am still taking on the road to becoming a published novelist. Tuesday, March 12, 2013. I love my job. There can be a lot of work involved when writing. Perhaps not for all writers, and maybe it shows in their work, but for me, I can sometimes spend days trying to figure out how I will work my hero out of a predicament, or how I will work them into that situation in the first place. Sometimes, I really I love my job. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). I love my job.
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Becoming a Novelist: September 2013
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Here are some of the steps I have taken and am still taking on the road to becoming a published novelist. Sunday, September 29, 2013. Practice Makes Perfect - er Good. I once knew a musician who despised even the hint that he should be more commercial. He claimed to be an artist and his music was direct from his soul and for himself, not to feed a commercial audience. What I told him applies to writing as well:. I don't require perfection from myself or anybody else, except for my physicians. I'd lik...
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Becoming a Novelist: February 2013
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Here are some of the steps I have taken and am still taking on the road to becoming a published novelist. Monday, February 11, 2013. How do you write? How do you write? Do you plot out your work or sit down and type from the seat of your pants? How is it working for you? I've done both, and here is what I think I am learning. I am not ready to throw in the towel yet, it could be a Muse issue or it could be something more basic like trying to cross the realms of the right brain with the left brain. Stephe...
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Becoming a Novelist: November 2012
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Here are some of the steps I have taken and am still taking on the road to becoming a published novelist. Tuesday, November 20, 2012. It's been almost two years since my last post. I had given up on gaining any traction in the blogosphere at that time. A lot of things have changed since then. I have NOT returned to nanowrimo, and I do not support their efforts. It was an experiment and I have concluded that we already have too many authors in the world, why dilute the pool any further? First up was The L...
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Becoming a Novelist: When the reviews start to slide...
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Here are some of the steps I have taken and am still taking on the road to becoming a published novelist. Sunday, August 25, 2013. When the reviews start to slide. I thought it was great. I thought it was stupendous; stirring; emotional; thought provoking and really phenomenal. The first round of reviews said it was fantastic. My email box received testimonials confirming my beliefs. Then, the reviews started to slide. Four's instead of Fives. Three's instead of Fours. What happened? All of us who call o...
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Becoming a Novelist: The Cost of Health
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Here are some of the steps I have taken and am still taking on the road to becoming a published novelist. Wednesday, August 14, 2013. The Cost of Health. No, I'm not going to rant on about health care or the cost of insurance. I'm not poking fun at every politicians' idea of health care for the masses (as long as the same politicians get their own premium care.) That would be too easy. I played slow pitch softball for a few years. I was the least impressive player you could imagine, but I could pitch...
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Becoming a Novelist: December 2010
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Here are some of the steps I have taken and am still taking on the road to becoming a published novelist. Tuesday, December 21, 2010. I've joined the Denver Fiction writers and have started sharing critiques with them. They've offered some valuable insight into what worked and what didn't work. I am now back to revising The Lost Art of Magic, and hope to have something even more special as the weeks go by. Friday, December 10, 2010. Revisions of my Nano book. And now, in revisions, I am finding places in...
