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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Brief Book Summaries Hard to Find
This image is titled “Saved!” by the artist. It puts me in mind of some combination of Gone with the Wind and Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte. Recently I was hoping to be saved by finding a free source of one-paragraph … Continue reading
Posted in Book Publishing or Selling, Ruminations, Writing
Tagged book summaries, book summary, classic novels, classics, copyright, Frances Hodgson Burnet, The Secret Garden
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Book Marketing, Part 7
Welcome to another look at book marketing as performed by trailers. The first one is an inside look at the making of a cover image, this one for Elizabeth Hoyt’s latest romance book, Scandalous Desires. The next two trailers use … Continue reading
Posted in Book Publishing or Selling
Tagged book marketing, book trailers, Crap at My Parents' House, Elizabeth Hoyt, Joel Dovev, John Grisham, Scandalous Desires, The Litigators
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Book Review — Great New Writing Book
To read my review of The Plot Whisperer, click on the “Book Reviews” tab above. This is one of the best books on plot (and character) development I’ve read.
Posted in Books and Authors
Tagged character development, climax, crisis, Martha Alderson, plot, Plot Whisper, The Plot Whisperer, The Writer's Way, writing, writing as a craft
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Happy Quality of Life Day
Today is my [harrumph-th] birthday. It is a big birthday, the one upon which I become eligible for [Harrumph]care. I worked a long time for this and can’t believe I’ve lived long enough to win this prize for aging in … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Authors, Ruminations
Tagged diet, exercise, lifestyle, longevity, Medicare, Paul Tager Lehr, Pritikin, quality of life, Robert A. Vogel, The Pritikin Edge, vacations
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False Start on NaNoWriMo 2011
For a few days in November, world-renowned sand sculptors worked their magic at the second annual Siesta Key Crystal Classic Master sand-sculpting competition in Sarasota, FL. Talk about attention to detail. The sculptors had to keep the sand just the … Continue reading
