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Writer's Notebook
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Writing commentary, opinion and resources.
- Added on: Nov 3rd, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Malcolm R. Campbell
- Listed in: Writing How-To
- Tags: contests fiction novels publishing writing resources authors
Recent Posts
Writing: The Place is More Than Scenery
“The breakout novelist does not merely set a scene; she unveils a unique place, one resonant with a sense of time, woven through with social threads and full of destinies the universe has in store for us all. She does not merely describe a setting,...
Tuesday Teaser: \'When Mermaids Sing\'
"With her elbows out, and the white dress below, she reminds me of a swan stretching her wings. When she stands back, the dress falls to the ground and looks like a white puddle around her ankles." --When Mermaids Sing, by Mark Zvonkovic Since I j...
First Look: \'A View Inside Glacier National Park\'
My copy of "A View Inside Glacier National Park: 100 Years, 100 Stories" arrived in today's mail. What a treasure trove of personal recollections Kassandra Hardy and the park's 2010 Centennial Committee have compiled as a celebrati...
December 1 Teaser Tuesday - Stieg Larsson
Suddenly he heard a sharp crack and the grey concrete wall next to his head exploded. Then he felt pain as fragments of concrete and shrapnel tore a deep gash in his scalp.This teaser comes from the late Stieg Larsson's "The Girl With the D...
Place Settings Mirror a Character\'s Circumstances and Attitudes
Most readers' eyes glaze over when they encounter more than several lines in a novel about the place setting. Chances are, this happens because the author's eyes were glazed over when he wrote them.Proactive description serves many purposes. ...
Jock Stewart in Operation E-Book Drop
Today's Gainesville (GA) Times did a nice story in the local section about my participation in Operation E-Book Drop, a volunteer program offering free e-books to deployed coalition troops. I hope this story will help get the word out to service ...
