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Latest Blog Posts for Notes from An Alien
- New Year’s Resolutions from a Very Successful AuthorThis will be the 35th post I’ve done that relates in some way to Joe Konrath. He was very successful when he used a recognized publisher and he became even more successful when he went Indie. And, if I can offer an idea for a writer’s New...
- Can We (as writers) Have Too Many Journals or Notepads?on Dec 18, 2016 in UncategorizedOriginally posted on Live to Write - Write to Live: Small sampling of my journals and notebooks I enjoyed all the responses to my post last week about personal libraries and how many books we have, don’t have, need to get rid of, and so on. On...
- Forgiveness and intention for writerson Dec 18, 2016 in UncategorizedOriginally posted on Live to Write - Write to Live: ? It’s the end of another year and it’s time to think about what your goals will be for the next year. Like so many of the writers here at this blog, I don’t make resolutions. They are just to...
- Friday Story Bazaar ~ Tale Twenty-Two“The Story Is All Muddle” by Alexander M Zoltai ~~~~~~~~~ I must speak or history will be wrong… ~~~ She didn’t let me explain… She wouldn’t have believed me anyway… Why did they do it? Why make it impossible...
- How do you become an editor?on Dec 15, 2016 in UncategorizedOriginally posted on Nail Your Novel: Rachel Anderson asks: How did you get into editing? Did you start writing first and then take on editing as a natural second, or was it out of necessity since there are more opportunities for editors than writers...
- Can Algorithms Really Choose Books You’ll Love?on Dec 14, 2016 in UncategorizedIt can sometimes seem like a friendly employee at the local bookstore. Yet, it’s only information from your past purchases (and, sometimes, other personal info) passed through some mathematical formulas… Still, even if you “likeR...
- “A Guide to Short Story Contests in 2017”on Dec 13, 2016 in Uncategorized 2017 Aerogramme Writers’ Studio Deadlines January Short Stories Short story writers contestsThis would normally be a re-blog day; but, Aerogramme Writers’ Studio published A Guide to Short Story Contests in 2017. Since some of the contests have deadlines in January, I thought it needed published here today :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...
- Some Links to “The Reality” of Emily Dickinsonon Dec 12, 2016 in UncategorizedI say “The Reality” in the title up there; but, knowing Emily Dickinson’s true nature is a seemingly impossible adventure. As she well-said: I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us! D...
- Making a creative spaceon Dec 11, 2016 in UncategorizedOriginally posted on Scarborough Mysteries: After another re-read and edit, I have given (the hopefully almost) final draft of The Art of Breathing to a friend for another read through before it goes to the copyeditor. The Art of Breathing is the thi...
- Less Me, More We: How Memoir Is Writtenon Dec 10, 2016 in UncategorizedOriginally posted on BREVITY's Nonfiction Blog: Julie Riddle Brevity craft editor Julie Riddle’s newly-released memoir The Solace of Stones: Finding a Way through Wilderness, has been praised by Mary Clearman Blew as “heartbreaki...
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