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Resource: On the Premises Magazine
On the Premises… a good place to start is a resource for fiction writers. It’s a PDF and web-based magazine published 3 times a year. The stories in the magazine are those that have won in the contests...
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(Another) Lesson from Critique Group
A couple of weeks ago, at my critique group meeting, one of my fellow group members handed me back a hard copy of my piece after she finished giving me her feedback verbally. Across the top of the...
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Finding a Critique Group
I’ve been asked a number of times how to find a critique group, so I thought I’d list some of the avenues I followed to find a critique group that works for me. First, you need to have an open mind. A...
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What Do You Think?
My writer friends, beware of asking that question regarding your work. Or more precisely, to whom you ask the question. Because not all critiques are alike. Or even useful. I have a friend who was on a...
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Weekend Edition: On writer’s doubt plus good reads and writing advice
Welcome to the Weekend Edition in which I share a little of what I’m up to with my writing (when I’m not here) and what I’m reading (between the covers and around the web). I’ll also pull back the...
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One Thousand Words at a Time
So it is mid-March, and I’m living the dream. I have a book contract, and a hard deadline. And so I have a book to write. 80,000 words total. I’m writing them 1000 words at a time. Now, I’ve got...
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I get by with a little help from my friends
I’ve been investing more time in my fiction writing since January. Not only have I written more, but I’ve attended a conference and a workshop. I’ve been happy with the progress, but I’m still working...
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Inviting Reader Response
When I wrote about Finding Preliminary Readers back in September, I hadn’t yet asked anyone to read my current work in progress. But that changed in June, when I reached that place where I could no...
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Weekend Edition – NaNoWriNOPE plus Good Reads and Writing Tips
NaNoWriMo – Maybe Next Year I don’t mind adventure on the road, but I like to know where (I think) I’m going. I think 2009 was my first NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month. You know, the month of...
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Critical Response Process
Liz Lerman. Photo by Lise Metzger I’m hopeful that a new generation of writing workshops will offer the kind of meaningful and useful feedback that’s possible with Critical Response Process, the kind...
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