Tag: books
group name: writingwombats
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July 16, 2007 02:17 PM EDT --
Version 4
Joe didn't talk to me for a year after he died.
He'd died on Christmas Day, 1998, and I'd buried him on New Year's Eve. So . . . more
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July 18, 2007 07:51 PM EDT --
The Ongoing Wombat Conversation - Episode Nine
The day of reckoning is near. On that day, all Wombats will have lucrative publishing contracts and limousines on call. POD and vanity authors . . . more
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September 04, 2007 08:24 PM EDT --
By Sherrie Super (not "Gee, aren't I full of myself" Super, but rather Super as in "Super's my real last name, thanks to my great-grandparents who shortened the name from Superzinski . . . more
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December 16, 2007 10:22 PM EST --
A few years ago, a co-worker recommended, Memoirs of a Geisha . "You've got to read this," she said. So I did. And boy oh boy, I was swept away. The detail, the conflict, the experience. . . . more
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January 24, 2008 03:51 PM EST --
I'm working on building my writer's reference shelf. I love those Borders's gift cards I get from Gather!
I'm talking about books on the writing craft, and editing, and writing . . . more
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July 13, 2007 09:47 AM EDT --
Here is revision 2, posted 23 July 2007 (now 97 words, including Title):
Empress
Alexandra Williamson did not like what she saw in the mirror. The luminous, sable-colored hair . . . more
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July 26, 2007 12:22 AM EDT --
Welcome, fellow Wombats, to a place called life. This is where you set aside your trusty pens and laptops. That's right. Stuff them right there under the sofa cushion. No, no, no…not the one . . . more
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July 30, 2007 07:22 AM EDT --
Hello Wombats and welcome to my world.
It’s a place where no one is yelling for you to start dinner or find their lost shoe. Where the sink doesn’t overflow and no toilet would dream . . . more
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February 18, 2008 08:34 PM EST --
Dialogue is an important part of defining your characters and moving your story along. How do you handle dialogue in your work and how do you make it sound real?
For me, dialogue comes pretty . . . more
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December 03, 2007 11:28 PM EST --
As you create your first novel provide
the current month you began writing in the
opening sentence so you won't . . . more
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August 05, 2007 10:23 AM EDT --
With help from the Comma Queen Beth, Mark, Judi and other Wombats, I have compiled a list of lazy words. These are words that can generally be deleted from our writing. Please post examples and add to . . . more
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July 14, 2007 06:18 PM EDT --
Through Windows
The warm Saturday afternoon was nothing ordinary. Its mood brought a quiet that was part of the darkness and smoke in the air. Prentice needed a friend, mostly . . . more
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September 01, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
I don’t know about you, but my hotmail is full of unread e-mails, ditto on my Yahoo, my gather box is also full of requests to read others stories, and my eyes are blurring because I have read the . . . more
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September 13, 2007 08:27 AM EDT --
Hello again! So far, we’ve talked about two habits for highly effective authors: 1. Writing Every Day and 2. Learning about the Industry/Business side of publishing
Are you ready for habit number . . . more
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July 30, 2007 09:37 PM EDT --
Stasia looked out on the dawn from her roof garden. The aerie afforded a spectacular view: westward the distant Andes lit with gold rising behind her, a vast wave about to break. This . . . more
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September 07, 2007 09:46 AM EDT --
Before I was published, I was desperately searching for the magic formula that would catapult me from unpublished wannabe to published author status. Yes, I was one of those writers, the kind who wanted . . . more
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September 18, 2007 12:53 AM EDT --
I may be a little late to the game since there are only about 24 hours left to the contest, but I finally got around to creating a photo essay. I compiled pictures from my travels, all of which inspired . . . more
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May 06, 2008 05:05 PM EDT --
This has been a year of many frequent flier miles for me. On the plus side, most of the places I've gone to have been warm, energetic or otherwise stimulating.
Recent trips have . . . more
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July 24, 2007 11:12 AM EDT --
"People with Courage and character always seem sinister to the rest."
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September 27, 2007 09:03 AM EDT --
Hello again!
Only two more habits left to talk about. A quick review of numbers one through five first.
Highly Effective Authors…
1. 1. Write every day.
2. Understand . . . more
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