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What I Do All Day
I retired from teaching many years ago. Shortly before I retired I was getting my hair done in the beauty parlor and commenting to the beautician about how wonderful it would feel to retire. A woman who happened to be … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Creativity, editing, fantasy novels, Learning, Promotion, Publication, Writing
Tagged advertising, Authors, editors, novels, research
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Wearing My Editor Hat
As some of you know, I am a free-lance editor. I’ve been doing a big editing job for the Sarasota County Department of Health, an affiliate of the Florida Department of Health, so I have my “editor’s hat” on. For … Continue reading
Description Conundrum
Today’s blog raises a question I don’t have an answer for: How much description is too much, and how little description is too little? When I write, I tend to be spare in regard to description. I think it’s largely … Continue reading
Posted in Books, fantasy novels, Reading, Writing
Tagged A Perilous Power, Arucadi Series, Description, editors, fantasy, questions, Seduction of the Scepter, Writing
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On Letting Go
In my previous blog I wrote about books so enjoyable that you don’t want them to end. Now I must confess that writers sometimes feel that way about a book they are writing. We tend to fall in love with … Continue reading
Posted in editing, fantasy novels, Reading, Writing
Tagged Authors, E. Rose Sabin, editors, fantasy, ideas, novels, Seduction of the Scepter, Writing
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One Manuscript’s Journey to Publication
When A School for Sorcery, my first published novel, published by Tor in 2002, did so very well, I felt that I really had it made. I’d been writing for some time and had accumulated several unpublished manuscripts, but now … Continue reading
What to Do When the Spellchecker Can’t Help You
The Spellchecker is the writer’s friend. It catches silly errors and major misspellings. It keeps us from making mistakes that would make us look like rank amateurs. But there are things it can’t do for us. There are times when … Continue reading
Posted in Spelling and Grammar, Writing
Tagged editing, editors, homophones, spelling, vocabulary, Writing
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From Short Story to Trilogy to …?
Yesterday I wrote about two wonderful rejection letters that led to my becoming a published novelist. I promised in that blog to explain today exactly how that came about. First, I took those letters very seriously. The fact that the editors had … Continue reading
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Tagged Andre Norton Gryphon Award, Creativity, editing, editors, fantasy novels, novel award competitions, rewrites, Writing, YA fantasy
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