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Monthly Archives: October 2012
On Writing: Embracing Your Genre
A long, long time ago, in a galaxy right across the Hudson River, I took a screenwriting course that offered up sage cliches, formatting rules, and pacing maxims that collective attempted to pass themselves off as innovative screenwriting vision. Despite … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, film, independent publishing, pop culture, self-publishing, teaching, writing
Tagged #EddieVanHalen, #ElmoreLeonard, #EricClapton, #genre, #Hemingway, #HunterSThompson, #JamesPatterson, #JKRowling, #StephenKing, writing
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On Writing: What to Do When You’re Overwhelmed
Morning comes in the middle of the night way too often for me these days, and I know why. I’m overwhelmed. This morning, my “To Do” list included grading 150 college app essays, 40 reaction papers, 100 timed essays, answer … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, film, independent publishing, pop culture, self-publishing, teaching, wife
Tagged #overwhelmed, #productivity, #time-management, writing
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On Writing: What I Learned at My First Book Fair
The thing about self-publishing is eventually you have to sell what you write. And while the digital book world continues to grow, I keep finding people who only want to read my book in print. As I have committed to … Continue reading
On Writing: Making it through The Monster of Daily Life
Where have I been? Away from my blog for too long, and I woke up wondering what could have kept me away. Life. By that I mean wife, sons, death of friends, work, grading papers, writing lesson plans, orienting to … Continue reading
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Tagged #authors, #balance, #teacher, #work, #working, #writers, family, teaching, writing
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