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A Novel Release During A Novel Virus Pandemic
Close your eyes and imagine – no Internet, no Google, only dial-up email. There are two generations of individuals who may not remember such a terrifying vacuum. Even if you were 10 years old in 1996, you don’t understand what “dial-up” felt like. We thought it was slow before we had a clue just how Continue reading
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Editing Your Manuscript
Remember those speakers at writers conferences who said you need to borrow or buy a professional editor to help you with your manuscript? Well, if you haven’t followed their advice, it’s not too late. I’ll confess that I did not use a professional editor to prepare my manuscript for submissions in the 1990s. I did Continue reading
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Another Writing Career Reboot – Considering the Offer
The emails expressing interest in the first two books of my mystery series raised a number of emotions. First, I was quite surprised by the timing, about five weeks after submission. Second, I was thrilled with their enthusiastic comments indicating that the team had clearly read both manuscripts. Third, I was cautiously optimistic given my Continue reading
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Another Writing Career Reboot – Renewing the Search for a Publisher
If you’re familiar with my blog postings from 2017 and 2018, you know my writing career has been full of starts, stutters, stops, and restarts over the last three decades. While I’ve learned a lot about writing and the publishing business through conferences and networking, there’s been limited success. I’ve completed four novels—one has been Continue reading
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Writing Career Reboot
To fulfill my dreams of being a published author, I realized I’d have to write full-time. Given my aversion to risk-taking that meant I would have to be financially independent, with a little help from Social Security. Toward that end, I developed a list of must-dos: There were a few bumps along the way, but Continue reading
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Publishing My Novel– The False Start
After the early years—discussed in a previous blog—which ended in 2002, my writing career lay dormant. I thought about writing, even spent a couple minutes working on novel ideas occasionally, but that was it. My day job dominated my life, at least in my mind. In 2005, I read an article in the regional paper Continue reading
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Writer’s Conferences: Ten Reasons to Attend
Hundreds of conferences for writers are held each year in the United States. If you aspire to a career in writing or simply want to expand your expertise in the field, you must consider attending. Expending the funds—including conference fees and travel—to go to any conference must be weighed against what will be gained. Here Continue reading
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