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The Kirkus Review is in for my book. The consensus is…

The Kirkus Review is in for my book. The consensus is...

While I was out wandering the mountains of Georgia, someone was typing up and submitting their review of Not Waving, Drowning for the inimitable Kirkus Review. I am pleased to report, I do NOT suck. I did not star, but neither did I crash and burn. For those of you that have purchased and read Not Waving, Drowning. Thank you, and I hope you agree with all the most wonderful parts of this review, and that you stuck through the complicated parts… because I write for a smart, yet complicated reader, and let’s face it, life is damn messy.

What …

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Buy a real hold-in-your-hand-smell-the-paper copy of Not Waving, Drowning today.

Buy a real hold-in-your-hand-smell-the-paper copy of Not Waving, Drowning today.
Now available as a "real" book. Shipped to your door. Signed by the author.
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No longer TABOO. Print your own damn book, son.

Another look at e-book publishing.
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Somedays, I write like a bestselling author

two scenes similarly written... great minds think alike, right? Fingers crossed.
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They said it would never happen.

They said it would never happen.
publishing trends: change is coming
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New way to promote your unpublished work, via Penguin Group

Could online critiques of your work in progress from potential book buyers lead to publication?
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Women in Literature… Where you be at?

Jennifer Egan is dissed by LA Times, who chose to highlight her winning Nat'l book Critics Award by speaking all about how Jonathan Franzen didn't. Stats from VIDA show less women get published than men. surprised?
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Motherhood and Writing

All writers have time and space constraints, but what about when you're also THE MOM.
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Habits of Famous Writers

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Stephen King

“There are certain things I do if I sit down to write,” he said. “I have a glass of water or a cup of tea. There’s a certain time I sit down, from 8:00 to 8:30, somewhere within that half hour every morning,” he explained. “I have my vitamin pill and my music, sit in the same seat, and the papers are all arranged in the same places. The cumulative purpose of doing these things the same way every day seems to be a way of saying to the mind, you’re going to be dreaming soon.

“It’s not

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Writing hints or Things to Avoid #1

Writing tips for the beginning or established writer. Keeping your writing up to par with excellence.
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