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Blog Tour: Henrietta and the Dragon Stone (The Five Kingdom #2) by Beth Barany
Blog Tour: Henrietta and the Dragon Stone (The Five Kingdom #2) by Beth Barany. Congratulations to my friend Beth Barany who is touring her second novel in the Five Kingdom series! And if you want...
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Dumb Questions for Smart Writers
We discussed what was a good question to ask writers during Newbie Writers Podcast Episode 21. Without good questions, we cannot get great answers. It seems rather obvious, but people don’t always...
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Traveling with Electronics
I’ve traveled with many, many items stuffed in my carry- on. The iPad seems to hold all the answers for a mobile traveler. Here’s what I discovered: The Good: The iPad is marvelous for travel. It’s...
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Advice for the Humorless
In Episode 15 of Newbie Writers Podcast we discussed humor. Humor is hard. You already know how fraught with danger the average joke is. The inability to tell a joke is a cliché in of itself. Did you...
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Under the Hood – the Novel
What is a Novel? From the abbreviated OED (the only version I can afford) the first listing for the word is: Novel – Something new, a novelty The second definition is – Any of a number of tales or...
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Slang – USA vs Australia
My partner in Australia once challenged me to a slang smack down. Slang is the early indicator of word changes and language evolution. On many levels slang is academically interesting and worthy of...
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Straight to a Publisher
Instead of wooing an agent, many writers are working directly with niche or boutique publishers and finding the relationship very satisfying. If you want to go directly to a small publishers, how do...
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Tools For Your Platform
One of our earliest episodes for Newbie Writers Podcast was to define and figure out what the heck is a writer’s platform. Since this is still a troubling term for writers, here are a couple ideas to...
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The Reading Vacation
Books are the things you lose yourself into. I had a bad day during which everything electronic was sparking, failing and frustrating (I’m looking at you iTunes and AT &T). Instead of taking it...
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The Reluctant Twitter
Sometimes I cannot ignore the signs, even if you work really, really hard. The first sign was my friend Beth Barany just published her excellent book Twitter for Authors and she asked me to review...
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Care and Feeding of Your Beta Readers
I now have seven Beta Readers. Lest you think, well, that’s not very many early readers, I remind you that I will be receiving feedback from seven different sources, all of whom may mark up the...
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How to Fish for Beta Readers
I don’t belong to a writing group, so when I “finished” the third draft of my novel, Future Girl, I needed opinions, readers, feedback, anything. So I gathered a group of willing Beta Readers. These...
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The Value of a Writing Coach by Melinda Pierce » Writers Fun Zone
Writers Fun Zone » Blog Archive The Value of a Writing Coach by Melinda Pierce » Writers Fun Zone. I’m sending this along because it’s a near perfect description of what a writing coach can do for your...
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Forget The Voice, authors have “The Pen.”
After following The Voice, and voting with iTune downloads, I decided that aspiring authors need a smiliarily televised contest. I call it “The Pen” (cue the pyrotechnics because we hardly ever get a...
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Five Key Book Publishing Paths
This helpful chart from Jane Freidman came across my email and I pass it along to you. This is an easy way to compare the different options for book publishing. My caution is that publishing is a...
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Hunting for an Agent Part II
A web site called Agent Hunter contacted us through Newbie Writers Podcast and asked for a review and some exposure on our show. Listen to more of what they have to say Friday June 7. Here are more...
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Hunting for an Agent Part I
A web site called Agent Hunter contacted us through Newbie Writers Podcast and asked for a review and some exposure on our show. Listen to more of what they have to say Friday June 7, in the mean...
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Newbie Writer Podcast Guest Carly Findlay
Thank you Carly Findlay at carlyfindlay.blogspot.com for being a great guest on Newbie Writers. She had a few bits of advice for bloggers: Just start writing Stay with it Gouger Cellars Grand Opening...
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Why listen to me? From an abortive interview on blog talk radio
I agreed to an interview on a blog talk podcast. The podcaster was just beginning to get the hang of podcasting, and I’m happy to help fledging efforts. Except the show was double booked. I phoned...
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In Despair
In despair about your novel? Come join my pity party. I have a novel, I have the rough, rough first draft – created during NaNoWriMo. And I was delighted with it, it was, of course, brilliant and...
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