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Signing an e-book

How authors will provide signed copies of their ebooks in the future.
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New Year’s Resolutions for Writers

Writers resolve to do more in the new year...
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Publishing trends for 2011

Publishing trends for authors in 2011.
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So You Want to Write a Novel… HAHAHAH!

Think you can write a novel?

Yes. I have met this person….many times.

and yet……

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I did it. I published a book.

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? Stand …

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Early morning writing routine

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????
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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 want to be

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I have been busy writing. I swear.

Some of it, I did publicly. over here.

Most of it I did privately, sharing only with my writing group and agent. Proud to say, finally figured out some nagging issue, and now at almost 81000 words, can see the end of on the new novel, 3Women Walk Into A Bar.

I have been distracted, with life and people and plans.. and with other writing. Yep. Strange. It’s feast or famine for me. My muse is a taskmaster.. which sounds kinda like Beastmaster… which might be more fitting.

But that’s the thing with words. When they come, they need to …

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What to Write Next. Borrowed From Colson Whitehead.

What can I say? This is perfect without any interruptions from me.

From The New York Times

November 1, 2009
Essay

What to Write Next

By COLSON WHITEHEAD

I recently published a novel, and now it’s time to get back to work. If you’re anything like me, figuring out what to write next can be a real hassle. A flashy and experimental brain-bender, or a pointillist examination of the dissolution of a typical American family? ­Generation-spanning door-stopper or claustrophobic psychological sketch? Buncha novellas with a minor character in common? To make things easier, I modified my dartboard a few years …

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