Of Passing Interest
November 28, 2023
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Here’s a mordant question. What happens to a writer’s work when she/he passes on?
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What should the page of a manuscript look like?
November 21, 2023
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You may not know it but there is such a thing as the “Golden Ratio,” which suggests the best way to create a written page layout.
Waiting
November 14, 2023
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There are many skills that professional writers have to master. But one of the skills a writer must master is one that I don’t think is often mentioned: waiting.
Revising 80 or more times
November 7, 2023
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Molly wrote to ask, “You said somewhere that you revise your books eighty or more times. Is that true? Why do you do that? Do I have to do that?”
Give Me Some Space
October 31, 2023
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If you think as I do, that the physical book can be a form of art, then typography … is vital to the art of bookmaking.
Inviting People to Come In
October 24, 2023
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Too often we talk about writing as if it is self-expression, dealing with our own demons or delights. No doubt that is part of it.
I Need to Decide Soon
October 17, 2023
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There are so many reasons (or emotions) for choosing what to write. It’s a vital choice.
Art is never finished
October 10, 2023
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I had worked on the book for at least a year, working on it every day, sometimes for hours, sometimes just for minutes, but always and always.
Promoting Books
October 3, 2023
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The world of publishing is going through a major change in regard to the way books are being promoted.
A Sequel after Twenty-Three Years
September 26, 2023
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Sequels are hard to write. Readers who turn to them not only want a logical extension of the original story and characters, but they also wish to go deeper and to new places even as they want something just as good, or better.