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Why I love writing for middle grade readers and young adults

Posted in Writing in General, tagged , , , on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The more I work with middle schoolers, the more I like my audience. I don’t appreciate the occasional rudeness (sometimes often), and I slowly burn inside when I ask a student to stop doing something and he/she does the same thing five minutes later. But the beauty of this group lies in their only predictable [...]

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Writing has been on my mind!

Posted in Writing in General on September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

When I awoke this morning, hauled my drowsy self out of bed, and lumbered down the stairs at 6:00 a.m. I decided that I need to diversify my writing. I currently focus on novels and occasional short stories, but it is all or nothing with them in terms of making a living. I have always [...]

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You Love Writing? Better Love Editing!

Posted in Writing in General, tagged , on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Writing is the fun and creative part, while editing is the crucial step in the craft. One must consider every word, sentance, paragraph, and line of dialogue while editing, and they all have to be polished if anyone is ever going to consider publishing the novel. After the first edit, one will have readers make suggestions [...]

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The key to finishing a novel: write first and edit later

Posted in Writing in General, tagged , , , on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Time for the long, but fun, process of editing my 220 page manuscript. The reality is that I will probably change 30-50 percent of the work before I feel it is ready to send to literary agents and publishers. This might seem outlandish, but it is part of fiction writing. There are few authors who [...]

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Getting Past the Big Lie

Posted in Writing in General, tagged , , on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »

With any profession or hobby there are people who are naturals. They can downhill ski on their first try (not me, almost died). They can bake a perfect cake at a young age (that was one and one half cups of water not eleven and one half). They can catch any shaped ball effortlessly and [...]

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So you want to write a book?

Posted in Writing in General, tagged , , , , on August 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Things to consider if you have ever wanted to write a book.

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Author Kelsey Timmerman

Posted in Writing in General on July 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I had the pleasure of meeting author Kelsey Timmerman this past weekend. He is not only a great person (not to mention hilarious) but has also written an interesting book titled: Where am I wearing? He had the idea and the guts to trace back the clothes he was wearing to their place of origin. [...]

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Midwest Writers Workshop

Posted in Writing in General on July 26, 2009 | 8 Comments »

Wow! This was a fantastic conference. I thoroughly enjoyed interacting with the faculty and attending the workshops. If you live in the Midwest and love writing, I recommend this conference which is held at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. It is a great value and invaluable learning experience. Hoorah for MWW!

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