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Simple Intent, by Linda Sands
A LEGAL THRILLER based on a true story.
Available Sept 1, 2010 wherever e-books are sold.
Author Archives: Linda
When Writers Find Each Other
This is my friend, Gwen Morrison.
We had this fantastic idea to start up a writers retreat… okay truth be known, we wanted our own quiet beachfront getaway, so we came up with Write by the Water, thinking, OF COURSE OTHER WRITERS WANT THIS TOO!
Turns out, yep, crazy as it sounds, the idea of a communal house of like-minded creatives motivating and encouraging each other is pretty darned appealing.
Our first retreat is on the gulf coast of Florida, on a strip of beach called The Emerald Coast. I would tell you all about it, send…
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I did it. I published a book.
The first e-book offering from little old me.
Yep. I did it. It wasn’t traditional. It wasn’t even my favorite book. I know, you shouldn’t say that. But I have become filterless in the last short while… beware the “f” bomb, people.
I blame it on the world. I am, like most writers filled with doubt about the publishing world- the book as we once knew it is probably changing forever. And along with that, is the way we acquire, market and buy both the author and the book.
So what’s a girl to do? Give up her dream?…
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Let’s talk about food and state fairs.
State Fairs last a lifetime.
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When Googled became a verb
The best writing places usually aren’t in your own home. Where will you get away to write this year?
Early morning writing routine
Writing in the early hours of the morning… torture or pleasure?
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That “I Write Like Thing” and my results
I inserted a few paragraphs from the novel my agent is shopping in NY, We’re Not Waving, We’re Drowning. Hello HOTSHOT MARKET SAVVY EDITORS????
The e-book and Poetry, NOT. Beware name dropping.
I was lucky enough to slip in unnoticed two summers ago to an elite and rather expensive Summer Workshop in Southampton. Okay, so I wasn’t unnoticed. I came with vodka.
And this was the thing, I have never been one of those crazed band groupies, or even someone who thinks about celebrities more than, wow, they work hard for that money, look at all the privacy they give up. Passing a well known actress on the street, I may spend more time admiring her shoes than her wrinkle-free face, and if I ever see them dining, I
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Is your writing like potty training?
the writing life- how we feel when we read yesterday’s words… Shalom Auslander style
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