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May 12, 2010
Nonfiction Inspires Fiction
It’s all cannon fodder. Everything you do, are, and think about goes into your fiction. Why? First of all, you can’t help it. You are...
May 7, 2010
Diary of the Writing Life
I recently came a cross a note I slipped into a novel file. Every now and then I pen a few lines about how the writing life is going, and...
May 5, 2010
The Wonders of Setting
With all the demands of beginning a novel, it’s easy to overlook setting and milieu. It can feel like background. But attention here is...
May 3, 2010
Getting to Know Agents, #2
Here is a cool interview with Vancouver B.C. agent Sally Harding, with the Cooke Agency. I’ve met Sally and was super impressed. Those of...
Apr 30, 2010
Getting to Know Agents
I came across a nice audio interview of Donald Maass by Author Magazine. Donald happens to be my agent, and I think he’s terrific. The...
Apr 28, 2010
An Introvert’s Guide to Writing #1
If you are a sociable writer with an outgoing personality and 800 Facebook friends, hey, that’s cool. A lot of writers, though, aren’t...
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