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11 Good Quotes for Writers
Are you writing a memoir or a non-fiction book project? I went back over my notes from last weekend’s AWP Writing Conference in Boston. Here are some great quotes that I wrote down from two separate...
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Snowy Days Are Good For Writing
Me: Siri, can I stay home today and do some writing? Siri: Let me check. Would you like me to check the Internet for, ‘Can I stay home today and do some writing?’ Me: Ah, no Siri, I was hoping that you...
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Andrew Stanton: Storytelling – A TED Talk
On the TED website, I typed in the topic: writing. This sent me to a page: How to tell a story (6 talks). This TED talk was filmed at TED 2012. You may want to go back and watch the other ones....
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Learning to Deal with Rejection
So most of you know already that I’m trying to get book published. The other day I got another rejection from yet another agency. The crazy thing is, I’m totally aware of the process and have...
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How long do you look at a page before you start to type something? I wrote and edited one essay today and then I started another one. The cursor had been blinking on the page for more than an hour...
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Today I did not put pencil to pager or finger to keyboard. However, I did do a little research about grants for writers. Besides the current memoir that I am working on, I have two to three other book...
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Adding a few books to my shelf
So yes, we are now aware that GoodReads has been acquired by Amazon. There seems to be mixed emotions about this throughout the social media circles that I’m in, and that’s normal when any change...
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Jennifer’s doppelganger
Slithering black snakes guard doors at Nijo Castle for hundreds of years. Yesterday afternoon I had a very odd encounter with a women on the train. Now, I’ve had odd encounters in the past, but this...
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10 Rules for Fiction Writers
So I went out to get a burrito, and came home with an idea for a fiction book. I ran the idea past my wife, and she wanted to know where I came up with such an idea. It just came to me, I said. I’m...
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John Adams from Massachusetts
“I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history naval architecture,...
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30 Days After Your First Book Gets Published: A Reflection
It’s been a little more than a month since my book Instant Connections: Essays and Interviews on Photography was released. I have been pleasantly surprised by the comments that I have received––both...
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What will 2014 bring?
“Opportunities will come at the unlikeliest of times. Sometimes they’re because of instant connections.” ~ Jason Landry The biggest event for me in 2013 was getting my book published. I’m sure you...
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Scrivener for Writers
I wish I had this program when I wrote my first book! This week I was out to lunch with author Tim Horvath and we were talking about a new historcial fiction book that I just started writing. I was...
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True Story: This really happened.
I was out walking my dog this morning and we were standing by a tree where she was checking her pee-mail. To the left, I noticed a young girl (a teenager) running across the street towards us being led...
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Summer Reading List
Well, summer is right around the corner for us New Englanders. The warmer weather gets us outdoors into the parks, onto our brownstone stoops, and to the beaches. Hopefully, if you’re like me, you’ll...
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Interview in Don’t Take Pictures magazine
Thanks Kat Kiernan for interviewing me about Instant Connections for Don’t Take Pictures magazine. Click on the link or the image below to read the interview. The post Interview in Don’t Take Pictures...
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