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Month: February 2014

What’s in a Name?

What’s in a Name?

"The moment that counts most for me is the one that precedes reading. At times a title is enough to kindle in me the desire for a book that perhaps does not exist." – Italo Calvino My last blog post – about my latest revision of Straightville, U.S.A. – contained the following nugget of information: So I’m happy to say that I sent the latest revision (I think it’s number 1 gazillion) to my agent for his review last weekend. And…

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Writing is a Waiting Game

Writing is a Waiting Game

“The waiting is the hardest part.” – Tom Petty Glaciers. Turtles. Snails. Little old ladies on the highway. These are things that move at faster speeds than the traditional publishing business. This is a fact that has taken me a while to get used to, but only because I’ve had no other choice than to do so. I did my research into the business side of being a writer when I first started querying Straightville, U.S.A. in 2011. I knew…

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I Write Because Buzzfeed Says So

I Write Because Buzzfeed Says So

“That is perhaps the greatest parody of journalism that I have ever seen.” – Julia Sugarbaker When did I know I was going to be a writer? Was it that summer day in 1994 I wrote a poem for no real reason at all? No. The winter day in 2008 I wrote the first page of Straightville? Nada. The day in 2012 when all this happened? Nope! The first time I ever actually knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I…

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