Tag: writers
group name: bookcorps
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March 23, 2007 01:29 AM EDT --
One thing no one ever warned me about Gather is that it’s addictive. As soon as I returned from my book tour, I plunked my heavy suitcase in the hallway, and kissed my kids and my dogs and . . .
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March 02, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
For the first three years I owned a computer, the phrases most logged into the search engine were “literary agents” and “how to find one.” Occasionally I dropped . . .
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September 04, 2008 02:31 PM EDT --
For those paying close attention to Google's Chrome roll-out (see: nerds like me), you may have noticed something fishy in the Terms and Conditions : a clause that afforded Google ownership of . . .
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March 30, 2007 02:59 AM EDT --
Sometimes I'm embarrassed by the number of how-to-write books I've accumulated in my life, and by how often I still consult them. Shouldn't I have graduated by now? Do I still need to turn . . .
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January 18, 2009 09:27 PM EST --
If you’ve been around aspiring writers much you know that a good percentage of them produce the writing equivalent of really bad karaoke. You also know that there are undiscovered gems out there. . . .
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October 29, 2009 02:13 PM EDT --
Check out the list of actively-Tweeting writers, publishers, book bloggers and booksellers I put together using Twitter's new Lists feature. It runs the gamut from international bestseller Margaret . . .
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January 16, 2008 12:33 PM EST --
My esteemed Gather colleague and connection Nick K. recently posted a plaintive piece on poetry appreciation, or lack thereof. "Oh cursed verse, I rarely get ye" cites a few of . . .
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May 07, 2007 01:11 AM EDT --
I have recently finished wading through a pile of submissions that I evaluated for a writing contest. Do not let this happen to you. Even if the money sounds good, there is no way it's . . .
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August 15, 2007 05:23 PM EDT --
We are very pleased to announce that the winner in the Gather.com “Express Yourself” Poetry Contest is Arlene H., for her poem “The Lagoon.” She has won $100 from Gather, and of . . .
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September 15, 2007 03:47 PM EDT --
The muse and I have struggled mightily this summer. In the spring, things were looking great! I wrote up a synopsis to a new novel and sent it around to a few friends. All agreed (as friends . . .
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September 26, 2009 06:30 PM EDT --
Photographer Kyle Cassidy always wondered if there "was a connection between the places that writers work and their work itself" -- and to answer the question, he selected 20 Science Fiction authors . . .
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July 01, 2007 03:43 PM EDT --
What type of book is Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott? It's one of those rare books that makes you want to start reading it all over again just as soon as you finish. . . .
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October 29, 2009 04:42 PM EDT --
Barnes & Noble recently started showing off the Nook , their new eBook reader that merges an iPhone-like LCD touch screen and the eInk-powered monochrome reader page. Last week, AOL's tech blog, . . .
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April 27, 2008 02:08 PM EDT --
I notice there is a lot of interest on Gather in fiction writers workshops. Having participated in fiction critique groups on and off for about 25 years and coordinated them for nine . . .
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October 22, 2007 08:45 PM EDT --
10 Steps to Creating Memorable Characters
A Writer’s Workbook
by Sue Viders, Lucynda Storey, Cher Gorman, Becky Martinez
Lone Eagle
Paperback: 176 pages, November . . .
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January 24, 2008 04:37 PM EST --
The Right Way to Write, Publish and Sell Your Book:
Your Complete Guide to Successful Authorship (Revised Edition)
By Patricia L. Fry
Matilija Press
2007, ISBN: 9780977357628, $19.95
The . . .
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October 21, 2009 10:42 AM EDT --
Slagging book sales, be damned! Two publishing vets banded together to launch a new bookshop this weekend in the cozy community of Fort Greene, Brooklyn. With a combined 25 years in the books biz, Jessica . . .
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February 14, 2007 02:21 PM EST --
Writers put words on paper for public consumption, and it isn't always easy. Why? Isn't that what we are supposed do? What kind of courage does it take to write something - a piece of news, a brochure, . . .
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December 30, 2008 02:56 PM EST --
In what appears to be indicative of the overall economic kick-in-the-pants, book sales slumped more than 20% in October, according to the Association of American Publishers (AAP). Though only down 3.4% . . .
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November 25, 2007 06:25 PM EST --
After attempting such occupations as air traffic controller, real estate agent, apartment manager, etc., I have found a field of endeavor that is personally rewarding -- publishing. As an air traffic . . .
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