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Editing
Believe it or not, editing is not my least favorite part of the whole process. That position is occupied by marketing, with publishing a close second. My editing process is quite lengthy, but isn’t difficult per se. I’m not suggesting this is the only way to do this. There are a lot of ways, including the…
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Help Wanted: Excerpt, Chapter Four
Help Wanted will be published by the end of the month. After this there will be one more chapter posted pre-publishing to get you hooked. 4. RESCUE FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE Amy didn’t hear from Paul or see him as “online” on Gmail for some time after that. That was a good way to follow through…
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Novel Planning and Procrastination
Appropriately, I’ve been putting this post off for days. Are you a chronic procrastinator? I am. I’m guessing a lot of you are too. For many of us, the best we can hope for is to be really productive while we are doing something other than what we ought to be doing. You know, like organizing…
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Attack of the Plot Bunnies!
Plot bunnies are story ideas, to put it succinctly. I have a folder within my writing folder to pen up my plot bunnies. I’ll write a few words, a premise, a location, sometimes only a bit of dialogue that I really want to use in a story. Usually I put just enough information in the…
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The Inner Editor
Your inner editor is that voice in your head that tells you when you’ve made a typo, or written an awkward sentence, etc. A strong inner editor is not a bad thing, most of the time. When you’ve written your first draft you can let that strong inner editor loose on your work and hopefully…
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National Novel Writing Month (aka: NaNoWriMo)
Okay, I know it’s still September and NaNoWriMo doesn’t start until November, but I thought to myself, Why wait to tell people what it is? Before I get into the history and utility of NaNoWriMo, let me say this: It is not a contest, it’s a challenge. Nobody gets a prize and you’re not competing with…
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Plotting in My Sleep
Or at least near my sleep. When I’m in the planning phase, the outlining phase, of a new book I’ve found a pretty darn reliable way to work on ideas. I snuggle in to go to sleep and then start musing. Since I’m close to sleep, my mind wanders. Sometimes it wanders in a useful way…
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It’s almost time for The Sunshine Line!!
After some delays on the cover art, The Sunshine Line is almost ready to go! Some time in the next few days I will be posting (to Google+ and facebook) the excerpts previously published on this blog, counting down to publication! The Sunshine Line will initially be offered exclusively through Amazon, where I can do promotional days…
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The Larval Stage of an Outline
Every story has to start somewhere. Truthfully, this isn’t especially vague for me for an intial outline. Got to get the ideas I have down, and go from there. Still, this is pretty funny stuff. I hope you enjoy! Oh, and I’m not going to try to adjust the formatting, it just isn’t worth it. I…
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Letter to Dean Pomeroy and Patient Relations, UC Davis
July 25, 2012 Claire Pomeroy, M.D., M.B.A Dean, School of Medicine UC Davis Education Building 4610 X Street, Suite 3101 Sacramento, CA 95817 Re: Treatment at UC Davis Medical Center Dean Pomeroy: I am writing to bring to your attention evidence of the poor education your school is providing its doctors and the resulting impact…