Writing from the Inside Out with Nita Sweeney – Online Sunday, August 9, 2020 from Noon to 5 p.m. REGISTRATION REQUIRED! THIS EVENT WILL BE ONLINE. Fee: $50 “I fully
“Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.” – Daphne Du Maurier In 2006, about the time I began writing this blog, I started reading the blogs of other
No. Not the love handles. Lose the extra flab in your manuscript! Rachel Gardner has an excellent post on the topic: “Tighten Up Your Manuscript.” Here’s a checklist of things
I’ve been revising the memoir about my father. Some days go better than others. On a not so good day last week, a friend reminded me of this Hemingway bit
“I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter.” – James Michener Re-vision. To see again. I’m revising the 72,000 word first draft of my novel. The biggest
I’ll admit it. I’m a daydreamer. Some days, when I don’t feel like writing, I imagine what it would be like to have a book hit the New York Times
Hey Tweeps, in response to a suggestion by literary agent Colleen Lindsay, a number of agents and editors are tweeting their memories of the worst queries they’ve ever received kicking
“Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.” ~ Cicero [106 B.C. to 43 B.C.] I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions since
“I believe more in the scissors than I doin the pencil.” – Truman Capote National Novel Writing Month 2008 (NaNoWriMo) ended November 30 leaving me with 66,103 words of a
“I always do the first line well, but I have trouble doing the others.” – Moliere, from The Ridiculous Precieuses My quest to fall in love with a new book
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