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Forget All The Rules
If you are in any way following my blog or have stumbled upon my latest post you are aware of the fact that I recently decided instead of wasting my time and going back to teaching full time, I would … Continue reading
Blood Sweat Tears And Prayers
The other day I read a great book that played on all my senses, stirring all my emotions. Every time I read a book like that I get so fired up and I wish that I could write like the … Continue reading
Are Self Publishers Doomed No Matter What
The other day I read an interesting article online in THE BOOKSELLER, about a teenage girl signing a book contract with a reputable publishing company. The title of the article read ‘HarperCollins pays six figures for teenage author’. The article … Continue reading
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Tagged author, books, fiction, internet, literature, online, people, publishing, reading, review, self publishing, story, writers, writing
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Does It Really Matter
How important do you think it is to have your own writing space? A place you can go to at the same time every day so you can write. I have a corner in my bedroom where I have a … Continue reading
A Real Writer Will
Lately every time I sign in to my LinkedIn account I am confronted with the following advertisement: “Get a masters degree in creative writing within one year. Register for our online courses.” The internet, newspapers and magazines are full of … Continue reading
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Behind The Scenes Part Two
As I promised yesterday, here’s more from the interesting and revealing interview Irving Wallace, the great American writer, had with the judges of the Nobel Prize, in Sweden. “I wanted more of Dr. Hedin’s behind-the-scenes anecdotes. I knew that this … Continue reading
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Behind The Scenes Part One
Do you think that personal preferences play a major role in choosing the recipients of great literary prizes? Do you think that foul play is involved to some extent in the voting process of the nominees and in deciding who … Continue reading
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The Pillow And The Baseball Bat
I love the classics. I read most of them decades ago. But I don’t think I can read those same books again with the same enthusiasm and eagerness I had for them years ago. And the reason is not because … Continue reading
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Tagged art, attention, author, baseball, blog, book, books, creative writing, dreams, emotion, feelings, fiction, humor, ideas, imagination, joy, life, literature, love, music, novel, people, poetry, publishing, quotes, racing, Random, reading, scene, story, style, thoughts, time, tweet, words, work, write, writer, writing
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If Only
Fred Shaw tells the story: “Once I had the good fortune to talk with William Faulkner. “Tell me about your writing course,” he said. “Do your students want to write, or do they want to be writers?”” Do you want … Continue reading
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The Craze Behind Fifty Shades Of Grey
I read an interesting article the other day in The Atlantic Wire, ‘The Alleged Sexiness of 50 Shades of Grey’ by Jen Doll, reviewing and criticizing the book which as you all probably know is at the top of the … Continue reading →