Care to Wager?
Have a strong opinion on who will win the next Nobel? Here’s a chance put money on who you think will carry that cute little statuette home. Ladbrokes Nobel Prize
September 30, 2006
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Thinking Outside the Book
Here’s another author’s web site, this one promoting Marisha Pessl’s debut novel, Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Gimmicky and fun. Note that it includes a link to the -fictional- character’s
September 25, 2006
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20th Anniversary of _Writing Down the Bones_
Did Bones change your writing life? Here’s your chance to celebrate in Taos, New Mexico with Natalie Goldberg! Filmmaker Mary Feidt and authors Rob Wilder and Eddie Lewis have planned
September 23, 2006
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The Enneagram Builds Character(s)
I’m feverishly working on a “short paper” for my first semester in Goddard’s MFA program. Since personality typing systems have intrigued me for years, I decided to focus on using
September 21, 2006
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More Marketeering
Here’s another note from Sammi (blog to be revealed at a later date when we find it!) on a website that shows how to market a book: Author David Skibbins
September 20, 2006
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Newbie’s Guide to Publishing
Ready to market your book? Check out J.A. Konrath’s blog entry titled “Do Something.” His pithy, timely suggestions are a welcome change from the usual “How to Sell Your Book”
September 18, 2006
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What She Said
Many of the comments my Goddard MFA advisor, Aimee Liu, made on my manuscript (working title: Memorial) apply to any piece of writing. I thought I’d share them with you:
September 17, 2006
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The Writing Life – Nita Style
Lest you think my writing life is any easier than yours, here’s a glimpse of what actually happened this week as I attempted to quickly get back to writing after
September 15, 2006
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Writing is Rewriting and Rewriting and . . .
. . . just more [expletive deleted] rewriting it seems. Yesterday I received the thirty edited pages of my memoir, Memorial: Our Last Year on the Links, from Aimee Liu,
September 13, 2006
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Theme Songs
My latest secret weapon is music. When I get to the coffeehouse and I’m all settled in, laptop on, edit pages out, ready to rock and roll, I put on
September 11, 2006
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