WRITERS TALKING ABOUT WRITING

Bad Way To Start A Novel

2008-08-17T16:22:33Z

I've been trying to copy and paste this entry here, but haven't been able to so far. So, I'm giving you a link and encouraging you to get comfy and start your reading! Follow this link to winners of the dubious Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest. Each ...

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Tweets and Twitters

2008-08-13T22:46:37Z

Well, I finally did it: created an account on Twitter, the oft-touted microblog. It's somewhere between a blog and an instant message. You basically add a line or two about what you're doing at the moment and the people "following" you get to read...

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A post about (28) Denying justice at the court (Lord Woolf)

2008-08-08T21:28:08Z

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A post about (0). Hit by washing machines falling from 30ft

2008-08-08T21:26:23Z

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Wow...Them's Some Hot Flashes

2008-07-27T16:44:22Z

50-something and, yes, going through menopause. For some reason, I'm being hit hard by hot flashes these days. They've been hitting hard at night and keeping me up. They're worse than they were before. I wonder if it's the weather, the stress, or ...

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Getting Back to Writing - Part 2

2008-07-26T01:56:23Z

Well, thank you for the comments. Yes, this will be a very intense story. I'm fortunate in that I've never been the recipient of such abusive treatment, but I know women who have - or have read about them. The trick will be balancing the many diff...

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Getting Back to Writing

2008-07-25T00:48:57Z

I'm slowly making progress on the second Maggie-Della mystery, The Ties That Bind. The theme centers on family violence and family relationships. I've been mulling over chapter 12, and have two possible versions of it. I think I'm going to take a...

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Meet Derrick O'Neal, author of The Game Is Ova

2008-06-11T18:44:54Z

Mahogany Book Club has 2 contest Visit the FORUM ..MAHOGANY VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR STOP Meet Derrick O'Neal, author of The Game Is Ova Leave a question for Derrick or sign up for our newsletter to enter the drawing. Derrick will be stoppin...

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Join Author Ivan Wright on his virtual book tour! Win His New Book

2008-06-11T18:52:22Z

Join Author Ivan Wright on his virtual book tour! Win His New Book Those of you who have enjoyed his first novel, BLACK PEOPLE: FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY, will be excited to know his next novel INDENTURED SCHOLARS: THE INNER CITY SCANDAL ...

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The Dialectics of Pain

2008-05-20T02:35:53Z

I spent some time blog-browsing and happened upon The Smokey Mountain Breakdown, which is maintained by an excellent US Southern-style writer living in the Appalachian mountains. She's a member of the Maggie-Della readers group as well. This woma...

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