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Monthly Archives: March 2013
A Literary Schlep–4…er…5 Tips on Finishing Your Novel
I flew from DC to Northern California today. I bring this up because I was contemplating how odd it is that at 6am this morning (3am PST), I was heading off in my rental car to Dulles Airport, and at … Continue reading
Posted in Books, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged awakening, editing, finishing the book, karen sandler, nora roberts, novel, re-writing, revolution, TANKBORN, writing
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5 Proven Ways to Wake Up the Draggy Bits in Your Novel
We’ve all been there. You’re at point A in your story. You can clearly visualize your destination: point B, when that next Wow moment happens. Point B is one of those scenes you’ve been looking forward to writing since you … Continue reading
Posted in Books, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged 5 tips, awakening, clean burn, crystal, improve your writing, karen sandler, revolution, rewriting, scene, summary, TANKBORN, writing
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Get Out that Broom (or a Shop Vac) to Tidy Up Your Writing
This week on YA Highway, Road Trip Wednesday asks, What do you hope to “clean out” from your writing? What habits/tropes/words, etc do you want to eliminate? Before I even clean anything out of my writing, I’d like to clean … Continue reading
Posted in Books, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged awakening, crystal, karen sandler, revolution, rewriting, spring cleaning, TANKBORN, wriitng
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Give Your Story Its Head? Or Keep it on a Tight Rein?
I am a horse person. Maybe better to say I am horse-obsessed. If I’m fast-forwarding past the commercials in a DVRed TV show, I’ll hit pause if I see a horse (gotta love those Budweiser Clydesdales). When I’m out driving … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cats Horses and Other Pets, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged andalusian, awakening, dressage, horse, karen sandler, morgan, novels, revolution, rewrite, TANKBORN, tankborn trilogy, writing
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Avoid the “Empty Calories” of Extraneous Scenes
I am an absolute nut for Junior Mints. I admittedly eat far too many of them in the course of the day, and then have to compensate for the indulgence with daily exercise. My passion for the sweet, minty, chocolate-coated … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Old Memories, Strongly Held Beliefs, The Writing Life, Writing Craft
Tagged awakening, empty calories, junior mints, karen sandler, revolution, TANKBORN
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Originally posted on karensandler:
Next up in my #LA11SCBWI wrap-up is The Art of the Deal, a fascinating workshop about how a book is acquired, presented by Brenda Bowen (agent with Sanford J Greenburger Associates, on the right) and Alessandra…
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Gol! How I met my goals when I thought I hadn’t set any
This week, YA Highway’s Road Trip Wednesday asks, where are you on your reading and writing goals? I have blogged before about how I don’t like setting goals and making resolutions. They kind of stress me out and bring up … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Conference Wisdom, The Writing Life
Tagged awakening, crystal, discoverability, exhibit a, goals, karen sandler, lee and low, marketing, revolution, TANKBORN, tu books
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