Tag: authors
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Dziękuję, Polska ! — & other things I never expected within a year of being published
Hey all! It’s been a while. A little less than nine months ago Juniper Lemon’s Happiness Index (aka my first book) came out in the United States, and I must admit my focus has been away from this blog since — but some excitement is happening abroad, and while I stopped by to share it, I thought […]
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The Writing Major, Part II: How it DID prepare me for life as an author
Last week I looked back on my university writing major to evaluate the things it didn’t teach me about being an author or trying to write books for a living. This post is the follow-up to highlight the ways my program did prepare me for a career as a novelist. Author Things my Writing Major […]
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The Writing Major, Part I: What it didn’t teach me about being an author
A recent chat with a friend got me thinking: There’s a lot a formal education in writing doesn’t teach you about writing—specifically, about being a novelist. And since the start of many collegiate school years is coming up and aspiring authors will be contemplating majors and minors, I thought it’d be a good time to […]
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2014 in Review: Statistics, Fave Books, Lessons Learned
It’s that time of year again! Here’s what my 2014 as a reader/writer looked like: Reading/Writing Stats # projects worked on: 4 projects abandoned: 1 projects shelved to come back to: 2 projects currently on worktable: 1 # books read: 54+ books purchased: 27? (Holy Schmoe.) given as gifts: 7? # readings […]
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Forum Friday: Are you part of a writing group?
On Tuesday I met with a newly-formed writing group, and it got me thinking: there is a JUNGLE of diversity out there when it comes to writerly union and critique. So I thought I would ask the online community: Do you participate in a writing group? If so, tell us about it. What is the […]
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Where do you find (make) the time to read?
For those of us that write, reading is part of the equation. You have to read to know the art of writing, and the more you read and expose yourself to, the better your own writing becomes. A teacher of mine once said, when the class was drawing seashells in pen and ink, that we […]
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Book Queries: What’s Your Opening Line?
For today’s Forum Friday I want to talk about how we pitch our books, starting with our opening line in the query letter to agents. This past week I have been reading successful query letters, mostly from the Writer’s Digest Successful Queries series, and I have made several observations. I’ll talk about this more in […]
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