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Revising the Novel - Sex Sells
No one can deny it, sex sells.Most mainstream fiction today will have at least one romantic interlude. How far that goes towards an actual sex scene is, of course, up to the discretion of the writer. And it raises some interesting questions.Some wr...
Writing Groups - Final Thoughts
A few final thoughts on the subject of writing groups, and I'd like to thank Beth from Writer-in-Progress for her insights. If you haven't yet, you should check out her blog and her website, both are full of interesting tidbits.As you can see from h...
Revising the Novel - Writing Groups part 3
In the last two posts, I wrote about what you need to be aware of before you decide to join a writing group. Understanding that a writing group that fits you well will be a tremendous asset to your writing, today I have to give the biggest warning o...
Revising the Novel - Writing Groups
Often times, people ask whether or not they should be in a writing group.Believe it or not, the answer isn't quite as straight foward as it may seem. The simple answer is 'yes.' Of course you should be in a writing group. You're a writer and the m...
Revising the Novel - Theme to Story
What comes first, the theme or the story?That's a very fundamental question, and I'm sure many of you have your own opinions on this. We can follow this up with a later question, what comes first, character or plot? But for now will stick to one co...
The New Kindle Reader - Your Thoughts?
I wanted to take a break from my revision posting to talk about something interesting that happened to me this week.In my office, so far this week, I've seen two people come in carrying the new Kindle reader. This is the first I've ever seen of it. ...
