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Tag Archives: publishers
A Mysterious Phenomenon
“I’ve read a lot about the creative process. It’s a mysterious phenomenon. I don’t know what makes it work or what makes it malfunction as often as it works.” William Styron Years ago, when I finished my first book, my … Continue reading
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Tagged author, book, books, characters, creative writing, digital, dreams, e-book, easy, emotion, encouragement, English, essay, feelings, fiction, happy, home, ideas, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memories, music, novel, people, picture, publishers, story, teacher, thoughts, UK, US, words, write, writer, writing
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You May Have Heard Of Him Too
In the chapter ‘How to Spur Men On To Success’ Dale Carnegie writes: “Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.” Few are the people who have done just … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, book, books, characters, Charles Dickens, creative writing, dreams, emotion, encouragement, energy, English, essay, feelings, fiction, happy, home, inspiration, internet, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memories, music, novel, people, poetry, publishers, story, teacher, thoughts, words, work, write, writer, writing
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Mirror Mirror
Originality is the key to success. This is the notion on which writing instructors, coaches and almost all writers agree. In order to succeed, in order for your writing to catch the attention of your readers as well as that … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, blog, book, books, camera, characters, creative writing, dreams, emotion, English, eyes, fans, feelings, fiction, home, language, lessons, library, life, literature, love, memory, music, novel, original, past, people, picture, poetry, publishers, story, success, thoughts, words, workshop, write, writer, writing
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Rejection!
Rejection, or the “R” word, is the most dreaded word of a writer. It is so powerful that it can have a negative impact on the writer, so much so that some writers have great difficulty in handling it and … Continue reading
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Tagged agent, Amazon, Amazon UK, author, book, books, character, creative writing, digital, e-book, emotions, English, feelings, fiction, good, internet, library, life, literature, living, market, movie, news, novel, online, plot, price, publishers, read, reading, rejection, sale, Saul Bellow, story, truth, words, world, writer, writers
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I Remember
On the eve of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 I would like once again to express my deep sorrow for all the lives lost and my sympathy to all those people who lost their loved ones. I cannot help but … Continue reading
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Tagged 10th anniversary, 9/11, agents, Amazon, Amazon UK, anniversary, bombing, book, crush, dead, England, express, fear, killing, life, lost, love, manuscript, Middle East, novel, obtain, problem, problems, publisher, publishers, realism, remember, safety, security, sorrow, story, sympathy, terrorism, terrorist, The Lost I, United States, visa, world, writing
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The Magic Of The Giller
In 2006, on September 9, we moved into our house in Montreal, after waiting a whole month for our furniture to be delivered. Our personal belongings had been shipped from Dubai and the boxes filled every room of the house. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, BBC, Beirut, book, books, Canada, cold, cure, Dubai, e-book, editor, gala, hotel, house, immigration, internet, job, Lebanon, library, life, literature, magic, Margaret Atwood, Maya Angelou, Montreal, news, newspaper, night, novel, November, October, people, publishers, story, talk, Toronto, touch, writer
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This Is Where It All Began
You might have read in my previous post that 1986 is a year of great significance to me. In the summer of that year my husband and I traveled to Rome, Venice and Paris. It was the most unforgettable trip … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, book, books, Cafe De Flore, desk, dream, dreams, e-book, editor, existentialism, existentialist, female writer, feminist, French, husband, interview, Jean Paul Sartre, Latin Quarters, literature, Luxembourg, memoirs, music, novel, Paris, philosophy, Picasso, poetry, Prix Goncourt, publishers, Rome, Salvador Dali, Simone De Beauvoir, Sorbonne, St. Germain, University, Venice, writer, writing
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Don’t Cheat With It
Did you watch Oprah’s interview with James Frey yesterday? Honestly, I don’t see the point of this interview and with two parts, the second part to be continued today. Maybe it’s just me. Two whole hours of James Frey when … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Amazon UK, authenticity, author, beat generation, book, book club, books, cheating, children, e-book, education, Ernest Hemingway, family, form, generation, grammar, Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac, James Frey, library, lie, life, literature, lost, love, magazine, memoir, newspaper, Oprah, parents, professional, publishers, radio, reading, story, student, televion, writing
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