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Archive for February, 2011

Everything Speaks: The Intention in Our Words

The one rule for writing in which I truly believe: Every line of dialogue, every apple on every tree, every pot boiling over or empty letterbox, every character flaw – everything in our writing has a message for the reader whether we intend it or not.

15 rules for writing novels.

Once you have rewritten your manuscript according to the above rules it will be ready to blend in with others on the slushpile.

Misery Loves Company

I want to make a happy man miserable, and then pull him out of the other side.

The Illicit Pleasures of Dorothy Whipple

You can’t judge a person by the cover of the book they’re reading if you can’t see the cover.

Holding My Happy

This is me holding my happy.

Pub/Lit Roundup

I’ve decided to keep a log of the best links I find and post or retweet on Twitter and I will post them here periodically. Here is the first batch of twenty:

Zen and the Art of First Draft Writing

How I learned to train my inner puppies.

Tick Followed Tock

Here’s to waiting…