Thursday, October 29, 2009

Book Signing--Sunday, November 1, 2:00 p.m. at Hickory Stick Bookshop, Washington Depot, CT, www.hickorystickbookshop.com for directions

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Please join me!

Pushing vs Resting--Why We Need Both Will and Vision to Complete a Book

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Today I am sitting still. I'm visioning, listening, waiting. It's the opposite pace of these last few months, when my novel Qualit...
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Monday, October 19, 2009

Five Things You'd Never, Ever Do for Yourself

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One of my favorite writing exercises is to list five things I'd never do, or I'd never make a character do, then write a scene imagi...
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Friday, October 2, 2009

Creative People Have Two Jobs

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In a roundabout way, I learned of a new book on creativity: Ignore Everybody by Hugh MacLeod. Then I learned of some fascinating notes on th...
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Responding to What's Out There--Writing Letters to the Editor

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In my novel, Qualities of Light, there's a triangle of love interests. Boy likes girl, girl kind of likes boy, girl falls in love with a...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Power of Unanswered Questions

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As someone who loves it when the ducks are lined up, I used to hate unanswered questions. Problems I couldn't solve, dilemmas unresolved...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

So Your Book Is Finally Written and Published--How Do You Launch It?

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If you're in the very lucky position to have (1) finished writing your book, and (2) sold your manuscript to a publisher, you'll soo...
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Reading My Own Novel--A Lesson in What Happens When You're Not Looking

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The week I got my first copy of my new novel, Qualities of Light, I was like a raft floating in serene blue water. It had happened at last. ...
Monday, August 31, 2009

How to Use Your Writing Notebooks to Feed Your Book

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Sarah Tieck, a fellow instructor at the Loft Literary Center, emailed me with a great question about writing notebooks. I've heard the s...
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Path of Least Resistance

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What's the path of least resistence, when it comes to writing and publishing a book? I've found you need three things: persisten...