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Looking back

Posted October 18th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

One of the most interesting parts of writing a story is researching its era and setting. I’ve been working on a plot set in the
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Writing

Posted June 21st, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. —W. Somerset Maugham Tweet...
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Price, Speed, Quality

Posted May 31st, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Being in need of IT help, a good friend told me: “Quality. Price. Speed. Choose two out of three.” Having gone for a low price,
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A Dog’s Life

Posted May 6th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

I think that most of us have ideas for a book, but it takes real passion–plus a whole lot of time and hard work–to bring
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Let’s hear it for commas

Posted May 2nd, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

That’s actually “Let’s hear it for commas”, except that all punctuation is deleted from my website’s headlines — a quirk that has me up at
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Simon says

Posted April 25th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Simon Owens, a brilliant internet PR specialist and assistant editor at US News & World Report, wrote this article about self publishing. Written a year
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Sunshine Soup

Posted April 25th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Last month, Jo Parfitt—a British writer, writing teacher and radio host living in Holland—interviewed me for her Writers Abroad radio show. I’ve since read Jo’s

Book lover

Posted April 16th, 2012 by & filed under Blog.

Today I read an unpublished article written by a Vietnamese writer named Quang Minh about a retired university professor by the name of Mr. Phan