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Writin’ for Nuttin’
Should you always write to be paid, or should you (at least sometimes) write for free? Here I’m talking about complete fictional stories, not blog articles or story excerpts. The answer for you will...
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What the Web Wrought on Writing
We still live near the dawn of the Internet Age, of course, so it’s perhaps a bit early to assess the web’s impact on writing. But here goes, anyway… First, it’s instructive to recall the past...
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A Path Not Taken
Want to be a published author? Curious about the best path to take? In this post, I’m going to suggest you not do what I did, and instead I’ll offer a short cut. First let me retrace my steps for...
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Prioritizing the Markets
What’s that? You say you’ve finished writing a story but you’re not sure which market to send it to first? It can be confusing, selecting among all the markets listed on Duotrope and Ralan and other...
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The Life Story of a Short Story
Hello. I’m a short story. Since Poseidon’s Scribe never got around to blogging about the whole short story process, he invited me to guest blog today. My title is “Alexander’s Odyssey,” and I was...
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12 Reasons to Change Your Name
As a writer of fiction, you might choose to be published under a name other than your real one for a variety of reasons. The use of pen names, (or nom de plumes, literary doubles, or pseudonyms, if you...
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Emotional Roller-coaster
As you and the story you’re writing go through time together, do you find yourself on the same type of emotional roller-coaster as with a personal relationship? Do you feel elated by positive events...
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Tailoring Your Author Bio for Success
Among most writers’ least favorite tasks is marketing, and among the least favorite marketing tasks is crafting an author biography. There’s really no avoiding it, so you might as well craft a bio...
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Time to Re-Enlist
How do I get myself into these things? Hot on the heels of 20,000 Leagues Remembered, I’m now co-editing another anthology. This one is called Re-Enlist, from Pole to Pole Publishing. My co-editor is...
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Happy Birthday, Jules Verne!
He’s looking good, for a 193-year-old. That’s the thing about great writers of the past, they still speak to us. In a sense, they live forever. Would you expect there’d be an active fan club devoted...
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