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Can Writing Be Taught?
Along with 90 other people, I sat in on a marvelous writing workshop this weekend. Even after 10 published novels, I was able glean a few...
May 17, 2010
Nonfiction Inspires Fiction
It’s all cannon fodder. Everything you do, are, and think about goes into your fiction. Why? First of all, you can’t help it. You are...
May 12, 2010
Diary of the Writing Life
I recently came a cross a note I slipped into a novel file. Every now and then I pen a few lines about how the writing life is going, and...
May 7, 2010
The Wonders of Setting
With all the demands of beginning a novel, it’s easy to overlook setting and milieu. It can feel like background. But attention here is...
May 5, 2010


Getting to Know Agents, #2
Here is a cool interview with Vancouver B.C. agent Sally Harding, with the Cooke Agency. I’ve met Sally and was super impressed. Those of...
May 3, 2010
Getting to Know Agents
I came across a nice audio interview of Donald Maass by Author Magazine. Donald happens to be my agent, and I think he’s terrific. The...
Apr 30, 2010
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