Tag: books
group name: writingcranny
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October 10, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
Hi fellow Book-Nookers and Gatherers all,
I write for a living, and I thought I'd take the opportunity to post an article on writing tips. Today's tip is "make most of your sentences . . . more
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May 13, 2008 04:17 PM EDT --
"Now what I want is, facts," said Tilda. "None of this storybook crap for me." She dropped her cigarette, and crushed it with her shoe
"Stories . . . more
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March 21, 2008 06:04 PM EDT --
Money For Nothing: One Man's Journey Through the Dark Side of Lottery Millions
Author: Edward Ugel
Publisher: Collins, an imprint of Harper Collins
Suggested retail Price: $24.95 . . . more
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February 23, 2008 10:14 AM EST --
The Dew Breaker byEdwidge Danticat.
Let me preface this by saying that Edwidge Danticatis one of my favorite writers, writing my favorite kind of fiction. Literaryfiction where characters . . . more
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February 17, 2008 06:40 PM EST --
When can a writer's writing be used against him in a court of law? This is the question David Grann examines in his fascinating article "True Crime, A postmodern murder mystery," . . . more
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April 10, 2008 08:53 AM EDT --
Hi,
I need some help and I have something to offer in exchange for it.
Actually, two different things to offer in exchange for two different types of help.
The first thing I need is some reviews . . . more
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June 02, 2008 11:15 AM EDT --
I love reading books by people I have some sort of connection with, however tenuous.
So of course, when a book by a Gather author looks intriguing, I like to read it and then review it if I can. So . . . more
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March 12, 2008 11:36 AM EDT --
I just finished The Yiddish Policeman's Union, by Michael Chabon, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. This book was not what I expected. There is, in . . . more
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April 12, 2008 11:04 AM EDT --
Are you published? Do you have your book listed on Amazon?
I am an Amazon Associate, and I want to create a Carousel display at http://www.rhettaakamatsu.com that will feature books by self-published . . . more
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May 05, 2008 08:57 AM EDT --
This is not a concept that originated with me, but I think it's very true. The one attribute a writer needs mostto make a career of writing is persistance.
And that sounds so much easier than it . . . more
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April 10, 2008 09:04 AM EDT --
I am about to self-publish my second full-length book, T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do: Women Blues Singers Old and New. Before I publish it, I need 3 readers who have a very good grasp . . . more
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May 16, 2008 04:42 PM EDT --
Since I first started reading, I've rarely used a bookmarker. I don't really know why I didn't; I still don't know why. I've received many bookmarkers . . . more
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May 29, 2008 05:53 PM EDT --
I am an Amazon associate, and have been for years, but I never make any money from the ads on my pages. I really want to make an Astore (which is an online storefront with links to Amazon) that . . . more
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April 15, 2008 03:57 PM EDT --
I'm getting ready to self-publish my children's book Horace the Tortoise--which many at the Writer's Nook may be familiar with!--and now that I've started speaking with illustrators, . . . more
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April 28, 2008 01:56 PM EDT --
I don't think I have the proper attitude for reading today's novels. (Or yesterday's novels, either - I tried to read Nicholas Nickleby and by the time I paged through the list of illustrations, . . . more
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June 17, 2008 01:49 PM EDT --
Eyes Well Damned: George MacDonald Fraser (1925-2008)
One of the reasons that Chris and I decided that writing a book together might not be such a bad idea and why the experience was, well, a . . . more
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June 17, 2008 02:05 PM EDT --
Eyes Well Damned: George MacDonald Fraser (1925-2008)
One of the reasons that Chris and I decided that writing a book together might not be such a bad idea and why the experience was, well, a . . . more
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July 20, 2008 01:10 PM EDT --
I sold my first two copis of T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do this morning! And I wasn't even trying! These ladies just asked me if it was for sale yet, and I said it just went on sale, . . . more
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May 16, 2008 10:38 AM EDT --
© David Wainland 2008
I began the day with my third attempt at cleaning out my garage, but the rains came again and forced me back into the house. Not to waste the adrenalin bounce . . . more
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June 06, 2008 04:41 PM EDT --
I plan to get a good start on a novel before summer's over. I'm waiting til after vacation to start, though, because I know I'll be derailed by MIL drama. What are your writing goals and what's . . . more
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