Reading time: Less than 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about the ISBN…. I learned about the ISBN when I edited my first […]
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Viewing time: 4 mins. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #129, which discusses how to find an agent. The post first ran on Feb. 21/20.
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from Lori Gottlieb…. When I hear about a book five times in less than a week, that author gets my attention. California-based psychotherapist
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Reading time: About 1 minute Laura Petrecca says that NOT writing is often what makes her a better writer. Read this interview to learn more… Laura Petrecca is an award-winning multimedia journalist, writer, editor, and content strategist with more than 25 years of experience at top media companies. Laura is
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Reading time: About 3 minutes You’ve undoubtedly heard about having a good work ethic. But have you ever heard of the term rest ethic? Your biggest obstacle to getting enough rest is probably you. I know this might sound like a crazy thought during the last week of August —
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about the value of learning hard things… What is the value of learning
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Viewing time: 5 mins. 31 secs The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #128, which discusses how to juggle tasks related to book writing. The post
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from Sy Montgomery… Described by the Boston Globe as, “part Indiana Jones and part Emily Dickinson,” Sy Montgomery is an American naturalist, author
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Frances Peck gets reliable results by using an accountability partner. Read more about her strategy in this interview…. Frances Peck returned to creative writing later in life, after building a career as an editor, ghostwriter, and instructor. Her debut novel, The Broken Places, was a
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Most of us don’t like criticism, but as writers, we need to learn how to be edited. Here’s a great trick for making negative feedback positive…. When I was writing stories for a national magazine, many years ago, I had one editor who particularly irritated
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