Networking

Does Your Network?

December 13, 2011

 
Over the weekend my branch of the California Writers Club hosted a Holiday Book Fair.   It was our first time, and we learned a lot.
We learned that most of the writers we know will jump at a chance to come and sell books at a fair, and will even pay a small fee to [...]

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Waxing Nostalgic – A Little Help From My Friends

July 30, 2011

For some reason “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” wormed its way into my mind in the early dark this morning, so I went in search of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
As I am the type of person who seems to remember every word to every song (or pretty nearly) I found myself [...]

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The Island Artistiqué

July 9, 2011

How many writers, poets, or artists of any kind to you see daily?
This is a trick question.  I’m not looking for writers, poets or artists you know in your town that you COULD see every day, if you made an effort.  That doesn’t count.
What I’m looking to find out is how many people with talent [...]

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The Computer that Ruined Writing, and What’s Next

July 1, 2011

 
While much of what I learned in school has aided me throughout my life, no single skill (that I can point to) surpasses the ability to type.
Most of the people in my typing classes were females, and in those days they were practicing for some of the less exciting future job opportunities (the voices of [...]

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Falling Toward Experimental Writing…

June 21, 2011

 
Have you ever heard someone take a word, say the adjective “central”, and turn it into a verb?  Centralizing, for example.
How do you feel about that?  Are you OK with it?  Does it bother you?
Do you feel uneasy when you find yourself ending a sentence with a preposition?  Do split infinitives bother you?
Is the Associated [...]

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Are All of Your Tools Sharp?

June 20, 2011

 
Anybody who thinks that writing is an easy job has never tried it.
Oh, sure… there are people out there by the hundreds of thousands who know, and I mean KNOW that they could write a book in a week, and sell it the next.  These people are also sure that the moon is made of [...]

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Pep Talk

June 18, 2011

 
So, how are you doing?
How’s the writing coming along?
Are the words flowing, the ideas fighting each other for supremacy in your head, are you happy with what you do?
Do you have doubts?  Are you concerned that your work may not be good enough?  Are you afraid you’ll never make the big time?
And the big one, [...]

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Od Zar: Op-Ed #10 – Contagious Video

June 16, 2011

Od Zar, here, and odds are you’ll never guess what I’m going to talk about today (unless, of course, you’ve read the title of this post.)
Doin’ it straight, today.  I won’t even mention the word “K’Zinn”.  You’ve got your troubles, I’ve got mine.
Me?  I like lots of different forms of video.  Not all, mind you.  [...]

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Ready, SET! Go!

June 15, 2011

 
Earlier I described a novel as a kind of isosceles triangle with Character and Story far out-reaching Setting in importance.  For the most part, I really do believe that, but there is something to be said about a good setting for a story.
While it is arguable that you can move a story both in space [...]

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Od Zar: Op-Ed #8 – Hand-Crafted… What???

June 14, 2011

Od Zar, here.
In case you’re interested, we did indeed get overrun by the K’Zinn out Arcturus way, yesterday, but my plan worked pretty well, and we didn’t lose anybody.  Perhaps I’ll say more about some time in the future.
For now, it’s Guest Blogger time again.
A few posts or so ago, Mr. Scott started talking about [...]

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