Tag: novel
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Writing | Labor of Love or Love of the Labor
So you want to write the next Great American Novel. You sit in front of your computer, hands ready to type, ideas filling your mind to the brim, and you begin to write. What happens next is the difference between a writer and everyone else. (my response to Andrew Sprong’s Blog, Writing is Labor of…
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Write That Story
For anyone who’s tried writing a story, but just can’t get it off the ground. Or you’ve begun several, but don’t seem to be able to continue writing… …perhaps you need a plan. As a published author of two books–one traditionally published (Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident)–the other digitally (The Road to Ibadan) I…
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The Worth of an Editor
I recently had to fire an editor with whom I had contracted to edit my upcoming novel, The House. All started out fine, signing the editor’s contract and paying their requested fee. Yet three weeks into the process I was receiving long written assemblages of what amounted to–upon clarification from the editor–the editor’s thoughts as…