Tag: writing
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November 04, 2009 05:19 PM EST --
This week's prompt is Western, the story must be 100 words or less and must contain four of something in keeping with the genre.
Old West Gunfight
The saloon doors swung open and Black . . .
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June 19, 2009 03:20 PM EDT --
I got my first royalty check from Amazon yesterday for T'ain't Nobody's Busness If I Do! It was only $30, but it was the first one! Woohoo!
I've been pretty steadily selling exactly one book a month . . .
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May 01, 2009 03:11 PM EDT --
Market Ability
Writing successfully I am
Aristotle, Cervantes,
Twain, Mencken, and Billy Collins.
Adrenaline rushes, face flushes,
And a noticeable mental . . .
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June 10, 2008 09:24 AM EDT --
I just found out about this group, and I'd like to affirm to the world that I am an author!
Check out, if you like, my classic of the genre of books of religious scepticism for children, . . .
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February 17, 2009 09:04 AM EST --
In an effort to diversify and expand my freelance career I am starting to actually use my Associated Content account. I have a recipe currently being reviewed, and the following article is published exclusively . . .
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August 04, 2009 03:00 PM EDT --
As follow up to Susan B.’s post in which editors and members discussed submission guidelines, I am going to use my space today to walk you through a day of editing from my seat. . . .
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July 01, 2008 11:49 PM EDT --
Here's a sneak preview of the cover, photo courtesy of publisher Cedar Creek, cowboy boot photo by E. McNeel. Anyone interested in her website, get in touch with me. She does lots of horse photos, . . .
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November 06, 2009 08:39 PM EST --
birds and cats of this world
(To Chris)
Chris has sent me a thousand birds’ calls.
They are muffled by my neighbor’s cat
hungry, forlorn after giving birth. . . .
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October 11, 2009 03:47 PM EDT --
A year ago I met a couple of the members of the Brainerd Writers' Alliance, and I was pleased when they invited me to be one of the judges in their annual contest and to offer a workshop prior to this . . .
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December 21, 2008 06:23 AM EST --
I woke up this morning at 4 am, turned on the computer, only to discover that it is wicked psycho cold again, -11 degrees Farenheit. It's supposed to creep up to about 5 above later. We'll see. . . .
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November 13, 2008 05:43 AM EST --
I am posting this as a response to the "Gather Writing Essentials" Thursday prompt. The theme gave me an excuse to post this story excerpted from my book, "That's My Story!" which . . .
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July 07, 2008 11:50 AM EDT --
Hello all,
So my book Practically Posh was just released and is already sweeping the nation, or at least my office, literally.
Yesterday, Marissa, a co-producer on the station, was . . .
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September 30, 2009 04:43 PM EDT --
My marketing person at History Press let me know that she paid my entry fee to sign Haunted Marietta at Marietta Square at the Harvest event on October 17th. I am going to Charleston on the 10th to pick . . .
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March 26, 2009 10:02 AM EDT --
I just signed and mailed my first ever publishing contracts to The History Press!
Thanks to the seminars I attended last year at OmegaCon and the Writer's Conference, I was able to determine that . . .
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June 19, 2008 12:06 PM EDT --
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between the lightening and the lightening bug."
Mark Twain
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February 15, 2009 09:11 PM EST --
I'm looking for compatriots in the ABNA contest. Would love to talk about how you wrote your pitches, wanting a little sympathy and support while we wait. And wondering who is choosing the 500 pitches . . .
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October 28, 2008 12:50 PM EDT --
find the audio for this post at my pod cast website (free--of course.) http://miriamfeder.com/
The heat of the late afternoon on a fall Sunday has such a desperate sweetness. The days know . . .
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July 08, 2008 11:06 AM EDT --
I remember reading, If I Had My Life Over , the beautiful poem written by the late Erma Bombeck, and wondering, if I had a chance to relive my life, what would I change?
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August 18, 2008 08:08 PM EDT --
In a comment under one of my other posts about my second novel coming in January I mentioned that I was searching online for E. Annie Proulx in hopes of convincing her to read the ARC for Waltzing Cowboys . . .
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December 01, 2008 03:28 PM EST --
to listen to an audio recording of this post come to my site: http://miriamfeder.com/in-voice/my-family-enough-already/ and stay to listen to more of my weekly pod casts.
I’ve . . .
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