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Tag Archives: novels
Revision from the POV of a Publisher
When Paul Martone, founder of Late Night Library, asked me why, as fiction writers, we volunteer our time to help other writers, I answered. Because he was recording. This interview. I can’t remember what I said then, because it’s been a … Continue reading
Two Sides of a Writerly Conversation
One of my favorite things about Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life has been introducing writers to each other. Around when we launched the book in October, I connected Gigi Little and Sarah Cypher, two … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Community, Plot, Writing
Tagged Brave on the Page, creative courage, Gigi Little, novels, sarah cypher, writer conversation
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David Mitchell and Inventing ‘Inaccurate But Plausible’ Dialogue
Reading “The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet” was another amazing moment in my education about what historical fiction can be. My first watershed moment occurred earlier this year, when I read “Signal & Noise” by John Griesemer. I devoured … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Reading, Writing
Tagged David Mitchell, historical fiction, John Griesemer, novels
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Using the Exclamation Point in Fiction
Yesterday I read Aimee Lee Ball’s piece about the use of exclamation points in emails. There were some great quotes from contemporary authors in there, including these: “The more exclamation points you use, the more you need to use in order … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Revision, Writing
Tagged Aimee Lee Ball, exclamation point, novels, punctuation
37 Comments
Countdown to the Release of the Flipback
On June 30, British publishing house Hodder & Stoughton will release the first 12 titles in the flipback book format, and we’ll go from buzz to actual reports on how this product is received by the book-buying public. That’s six … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Flipback, Reading
Tagged Arthur van Keulen, dwarsligger, Hodder & Stoughton, Jongbloed, novels
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