community

Designing Communities for Your Novel

June 22, 2011

 
Have you ever put thought into what a modern community really looks like?  How it operates?
Do you know the real reason you shop where you do, why you send your kids to school X instead of school Z?
Is choice real, or is it simply picking from a restricted list?
As an author, as the lord and [...]

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Might I Have a Word? – Blogging: 101 Pt. 35

March 22, 2010

Continued from Part 34

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Earlier we talked about one way comments on your Blog are useful—getting our readers to help us tune our output.  As with every topic we’ve hit on, there is always more to learn, to discuss.
For example, one of the best ways of getting added [...]

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Reading For Writing

February 16, 2010

I have never much cared for the “About Me” sections of online community profiles, thinking instead that one’s work should say by far more than a rehearsed mini-bio.  Despite my personal hesitancy to say much on a profile page, I find that I do read those of other people.  Why?  I guess I want to [...]

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WEbook and Other Online Writing Communities

February 14, 2010

Yea, verily, they abound.
They’re all over the place.  What?  Online Writing Communities.
I’ve joined several of these communities over the last year and a half, or so.  Many of them are quite good, and offer not only a place for you to display your wares (so to speak), but give a platform for review and critique.
They [...]

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Pride and Prejudice

February 1, 2010

Writing is a passionate business.  One definition for the word “passionate” is: A positive (or negative) emotion that is strong enough to influence someone’s behavior through strong motivations.
In our Community are writers of every stripe.  There are people here who will one day stand to receive a Pulitzer, and there are others (I am sorry [...]

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Good, or Good Enough?

January 31, 2010

In any community you find a similar mix.
You’ll find people who are quick, and people who are slow.  You’ll find people who like to laugh, and those who are serious in the extreme.   You’ll find people who are nice or grumpy, a few leaders and a lot of followers.
In a writing community you also have:
People [...]

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The Guilt Trip

January 26, 2010

Until I found a community of writers to interact with, I think I had forgotten how much I love to write, and until recently, I had lost track of what has held me back over the past years.  Does this sound like anyone you know?
Here goes.
I had avoided sitting down and pounding out stories, chapters, [...]

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