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Writers Unbound - Aug 27, 2008
I harp on reading often. Writing and reading are like cooking and eating. You can’t be a great cook if you don’t enjoy the flip-side pleasure of savoring a well-prepared meal. The two are one, and often it is a love …
Also tagged: inspirational, fiction, style and 38 technique
Writers Unbound - Aug 6, 2008
Emma Brown begins with Charlotte Bronte’s manuscript, then continues with Boylan’s novel. The transition is seamless, which tells you how well Boylan picks up on Bronte’s style and tone. I didn’t know where the shift …
Also tagged: book review, fiction
Writers Unbound - Jul 19, 2008
Does Slow and Steady Still Win the Race? I finished my first book on the list, Emma Brown by Clare Boylan (and Charlotte Bronte). I’ll post a review soon. A quick summary: I enjoyed it, but not as much as I’d hoped to …
Also tagged: challenges, book blowout
Writers Unbound - Jul 14, 2008
I’ve pulled together my not-very-ambitious reading list for this July Book Blow-Out Challenge. I am only going for 6… 5, really, if you don’t count Mr. Brown. Since July is already half over (wow. July is already half …
Writers Unbound - Jul 11, 2008
I went for it and spent the $29.99 plus tax for the big 2008 edition of The Writer’s Market. I should have bought it when it first came out, but I wasn’t quite ready to commit myself at that point. Now I’ve got it and …
Also tagged: subscriptions, writers resource, friday feature recommendations, writer s market
Writers Unbound - Jul 8, 2008
When I was a kid, every summer we signed up for the Pizza Hut Book-It summer reading program. I read constantly (I didn’t learn my way around my hometown until I actually started driving because I read in the car) so …
Also tagged: blogging, book, motivation, reading club
Writers Unbound - Jun 18, 2008
“The purpose of reading books like these [nonfiction] is to gain information. Here, finding out what happens — as quickly and easily as possible — is your main goal. So unless you’re stuck in prison with nothing else …
Also tagged: reading, research, comprehension, tuesday tips
Writers Unbound - Jun 10, 2008
Memoir Prompt Remember going into the library in the summertime? A 30-degree temperature drop. The rustlings and whispers and soft noises. The librarians, and how you interpreted their faces: the stern one, the sweet …
Also tagged: library, memoir, prompt, magazine submissions
Writers Unbound - Jun 10, 2008
Memoir Prompt Remember going into the library in the summertime? A 30-degree temperature drop. The rustlings and whispers and soft noises. The librarians, and how you interpreted their faces: the stern one, the sweet …
Also tagged: memoir
Writers Unbound - Jun 1, 2008
I try not to go into big office supply stores, because I get a little jittery. All those smooth, shiny pens. Rows of blank notebooks. Stacks of printer paper wink at me. I can’t take a credit card in there. It’s too …
Also tagged: reading