Tag: writing craft
member name: Susan W.
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June 19, 2009 05:42 PM EDT --
Count that among the questions a writer least wants to hear. Even my computer hates this book.
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September 26, 2007 11:09 PM EDT --
I used to really not like Donald Maass, an author, literary agent and lecturer on the art and craft of writing. He had a habit of saying things that annoy writers, like, “Who cares?” and “How . . .
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March 16, 2009 11:30 PM EDT --
[With apologies to Judy Brady and her seminal " I Want a Wife " essay.]
I want an intern. Just a little, easy-to-work-with helper who will support my writing enterprise. I want an intern . . .
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March 20, 2009 07:21 PM EDT --
…further chitchat with Deborah Bouziden …
DB: Who introduced you to Kathleen Woodiwiss’ books or did you stumble across them in the library? What drew you to them and would you recommend them to . . .
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October 21, 2007 12:38 AM EDT --
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
–Ernest Hemingway
I nearly forgot a career . . .
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December 12, 2007 07:56 PM EST --
2007, like every other year, is the year of the book. Fully confident that none of my friends or family read my blog (really, they don't), I'll post a partial list of some of the books I've . . .
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February 16, 2008 11:30 AM EST --
In his watershed writing memoir, On Writing , Stephen King discussed his process. Early on, when I'm getting the draft down, I write with the door shut.
I'm active in two very dynamic . . .
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March 20, 2008 12:58 AM EDT --
That's the working title of The You I Never Knew , in case you're wondering. Finding the right title for a book is always tricky, and sometimes the results are just downright odd. The . . .
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February 20, 2008 12:37 PM EST --
Food and books, what's better than that?
What are you doing this Saturday night? If you're in Western Washington, why not come to the legendary Resort at Port Ludlow and have dinner with me, . . .
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April 08, 2008 12:14 PM EDT --
Natick, Massachusetts, in the greater Boston area--Where else can you round up all these authors and get their autographs and raise much-needed money to support literacy programs?
C'mon, people, . . .
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August 22, 2008 01:34 AM EDT --
in stores August 26
Finally, I can stop holding my breath! Just Breathe has had a long and winding road to publication, and I'm grateful to readers everywhere for their patience. . . .
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November 02, 2009 04:52 PM EST --
Remember me? From that cheesy 70s TV show?
Next step as I stumble through this storyline is the love interest. If you’ve read any of my books, you know he is bound to be a manly man with a manly . . .
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February 23, 2008 05:07 PM EST --
SAVE THE DATE - WRITING IN THE GARDEN OF THE GODS
Field's End Writers' Conference 2008
WHO: This year's line-up of authors and speakers includes: Roy Blount, Jr. (keynote speaker), Stephanie . . .
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November 05, 2007 10:28 PM EST --
Would you please join me for one of these book events?
<dl><dt> Saturday, November 10, 2007 - Port Orchard, WA
</dt><dd> Booklovers Day Booksigning 1-3pm
PAPERBACKS PLUS . . .
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January 24, 2008 03:30 PM EST --
Talk talk talk. I can't believe I said that ("seriously big stuff"), but I did, among other things, on the Amazon podcast . Chatting on the phone with Anne Bartholomew, of Amazon.com, . . .
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April 30, 2008 11:25 PM EDT --
The Charm School has gone through a few iterations in its lifetime. I thought you'd like to see the genesis of this book from the outside in. The concept for . . .
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May 25, 2008 11:02 PM EDT --
I can't watch the footage of the horse race . You know which one I mean. No wonder I prefer to stick with fiction. It's so much more manageable than reality. The Horsemaster's Daughter . . .
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September 13, 2008 01:02 AM EDT --
Come see me in Ketchikan on Tuesday!
<dl style="width: 833px;"><dt> </dt><dd>Cozy up with a good book.</dd></dl>
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September 25, 2008 10:14 PM EDT --
Sometimes the best writing day is spent not writing. When the Publisher & CEO, the VP & the sales director came to Seattle for meetings with Amazon.com , they paid me a visit, too. I was going . . .
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April 28, 2009 01:58 AM EDT --
“…you can't jump the track, we're like cars on a cable / And life's like an hourglass, glued to the table / No one can find the rewind button, girl / So cradle your head in your hands . . .
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