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Your Grandparents Know More Than the Internet…

Writing Tips

 
“Information could only be a branch away on your family tree.”
A good friend and collaborator on The Black Toad Tavern, Robert Griffin,  told me this recently and he’s right.  He went on to say…
“Don’t underestimate that lovely old couple you call Grammy and Grandpa. We all know that their houses have that “old people smell” [...]

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Writers and Websites

Selling Your Work

How is your novel coming?  Almost done?  Once you’re finished what do you plan to do next while you’re planning your next work?  How about creating a site to showcase your work?  Robert McCammon, Nick Hornby, Stephen King, and Joseph Nassise all have official websites. In researching I discovered that some of my favorites refuse [...]

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Your Novel is Ready but Are You?

Selling Your Work

You’re finished. Your mind is spent and you’re exhausted. It’s finally done. You’ve put the finishing touches on your novel, cut the scenes that didn’t move the story along, and corrected all spelling errors. You sit back and breath a sigh of relief. All of those hours put into it…*sigh*
Now [...]

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A Writer’s Greatest Sin(s)

Writing Tips

Actually I am going to list 3 of them. Are there more sins that are writer is capable of? Of course. But for the sake of those of you who are guilty of all 3 I’d rather not burden you with more.
Being Passive – As I’m writing this sentence I can feel [...]

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