Friday, February 7, 2014

Writing a Premise Statement for Your Book: Inner and Outer Story Synopsis and Why It Helps Get You Published

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Imagine receiving 300-400 manuscript queries--each week!  Flooding your inbox.  Some weeks, even more.    Welcome to the life of agents...
Friday, January 31, 2014

Carrie and Alton Barron on "The Creativity Cure"--An Interview with Two Clinicians about Their New Book

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C arrie and Alton Barron are two physicians, well known in their respective fields of psychiatry and orthopedic medicine.  Carrie is on...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Check Out The Write Life's List of 100 Best Websites for Writers--We're Included!

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This is one of the best collections of writing websites I've seen.  Spend some time enjoying it.  (We're thrilled to be includ...
Friday, January 17, 2014

How Writers Reveal a Character through "Container"--The Environment of a Story

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A memoirist was trying to write about the sadness she felt at her father’s death.  Her writer’s group gave her unexpected feedback:  whil...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Patterns of Change--How Do You Create Strong Conflict in Your Fiction or Memoir?

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Most stories foster change.  Either change in the situation, in the character or narrator, or in the reader and their understanding of ...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Making Your Own Book Trailer--Guest Blog by Authors Juliann Rich and Aren Sabers

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You've seen them:  short, sassy movies, using imagery, themes or even text from a soon-to-be-published book.  A moving visual image...
Friday, December 27, 2013

How'd You Do? Reviewing Your Year's Writing Goals--A Sure Way to Encourage Your Creative Spirit

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Each month, I set goals with a writing partner who lives in another state; we used to be in the same writing group until I moved, and I...
Friday, December 20, 2013

Your Writing Voice: How to Develop It, Recognize It, Not Copy Someone Else's

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One of my long-time students asked a great question this week:  how does a writer develop voice?  Voice is the elusive uniqueness that co...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Strange Alchemy: How Place, People, and Conflict Intertwine in Fiction and Memoir

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Boston's legendary Cecelia chorus performs only a few times a year.  Their concerts are well worth the time.  Recently I heard them i...
Friday, December 6, 2013

From School Principal to Thriller Writer--The Grassroots Journey of Andy Rose

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In 1967, Andy Rose started working as a fifth-grade teacher in the impoverished Lower East Side of Manhattan. The children in his classe...