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Tag Archives: Writing
An Invitation To a Mud Bath
Famous writers aren’t as famous as celebrities from other walks of life, such as actors or rock stars. There are exceptions to the Known By Looks stuff, such as Neil Gaiman doing a rock star image and Donna Tartt’s actor … Continue reading
Posted in Sample Essays
Tagged art, Celebrity, clarity, Good vs. Bad, Mud Bath, Read vs. Buy, Writing
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A Pachinko Through My Reading and Writing History
Expanded from comments posted to CarolynMarieReads on Youtube’s book tube on 25 Oct 2527 — My mother would give me a mmpb in my Easter Basket, and I believe the first one ever was Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. From … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiographical Writing
Tagged books, cascade, pachinko, toirtoiise, Writing
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Culture Theft Vs. Exploration
Cultural appropriation would neither work nor matter if it didn’t sell. It is those supporting it that make it vile. There is a racist market for such theft. When Pat Boone whitened music by Little Richard or Chuck Berry, that … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cultural appropriation, music, Writing
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Torn in Twain
Sam Clemens wrote well but lost interest in many of his stories before finishing them. “A Ghost’s Story” is a good example. This led to strong openings, silly middles, and tacked-on endings. When interest stayed strong throughout, he produced masterpieces. … Continue reading
Books, Music, Atoms, Electrons, & You
I don’t like publishing at ALL and I think there’s room for a total revamp. Thing is, getting product to customer. This requires defining product. As cited in Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte, it’s a matter of atoms versus electrons. … Continue reading
Hemingway’s Body Armor
There was no excuse to offer and he offered none for the way he acted at times, the things he said or wrote. Hemingway summed it up once. “When I write I’m an artist. When I’m done writing I’m a … Continue reading
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Tagged Hammett, Twain, Vonnegut, Writing
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Scribbles for Jingly
Learn: YA books are booming because adults read them because they’re EASIER TO READ. Break down your own work to 4th grade level and watch your sales blossom. Cynical, perhaps, but accurate advice. Your writing has to be good enough. … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, books, despair, pay, publishing, Writing
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Childhood Fiction Lessons
Grew up around guys whose sense of humor included dead-pan tall tales, to test people, to see how far along they could string them. If the listener didn’t balk, they were laughed at once they left. It was more … Continue reading
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Tagged Childhood, fiction, guff, lies, Tall Tales, test, Writing
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Why I’m So Old
Years ago, having published short fiction for more than a decade, in scads of magazines (remember them?) and anthologies, I’d begun writing novellas and novels. Some of my novellas began appearing, notably in the War World Series of military sf … Continue reading →