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Category: Thoughts

Thoughts

In Medias Res: Where to start your story

21 August 201221 August 2012By Normandie

Linda Apple, writer and fellow Hartline client, first pointed me to Kristen Lamb’s blog. Now I’m pointing you in her direction. Amid all the hype

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Traditional versus Self-publishing: Why the Furor?

9 August 201210 August 2012By Normandie

Traditionally published (many times over) author Sue Grafton created a furor in an interview on August 7 in which she disparaged self-publishing and called self-pubbed

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Writing (Not) on Board

28 July 20127 September 2012By admin

I’m trying something new. Yes, on the marketing advice of someone in the know, I’m trying to gear down to one blog. So, this appeared

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Finding Worlds through Words

27 July 2012By Normandie

Peopling worlds. That’s what we writers do, isn’t it? I’m no longer sailing Mexican waters or dropping anchor in some exotic spot. Some mornings, I

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A Show-off Sky

23 July 201223 July 2012By Normandie

We wandered outside yesterday to check on my little boat and look at what we saw:         As you can guess, we

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Twitterpated by Twitter?

20 July 2012By Normandie

As I’ve said before, I love reading what other folk have to say. But when two blogs show up in my Inbox with conflicting advice,

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New Website–Yippee!

19 July 2012By Normandie

Reeling from sticker shock a few days ago when a lovely web designer sent me a quote for design and maintenance of a website, I

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Do-Overs

21 June 201222 July 2012By Normandie

  Here’s a challenge. Would someone please design an edit function so authors of online comments can get a free pass for a do-over? The

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In A Crowded Room

18 June 201223 July 2012By Normandie

  A long time ago, in pre-Internet / pre-social media days, my eyes were still young and too often turned inward.   (Fine, sometimes they

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Any Truly Satisfied Writers Out There?

15 June 201223 July 2012By Normandie

Put on your author hat and help me out here, would you? Your agent has submitted your story. Rejection letters accumulate even as contest judges

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