Tag: how to get published
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Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Now Featuring Yours Truly
If you’re a Colorado writer, you owe it to yourself to check out Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, a source of news, inspiration, critique groups, conferences and the occasional bestselling author. Editor extraordinaire Carly Willis puts together an excellent newsletter every month. If you’re a member (or thinking of becoming one), check out the March newsletter,…
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Feel the Invisible Robot Love
These days, most of our precious writing usually ends up online, where it is relentlessly scrutinized by robots. Not the sparky “Danger, Will Robinson, danger!” kind of robots, but invisible little computer gremlins that furrow through the internet, looking for text to gnaw on. That way, if you go to Google and search for —…
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Transform Your Hero and Get Published
I was just listening to a fantastic interview with the late, great Blake Snyder, author of the Save the Cat! books. One of the many insightful things he said was, “Tell me a story about a hero who transforms over the course of an adventure.” That’s something that I struggle with in my own writing. …
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I’m in Writers’ Journal again
I’m happy to report that I sold another piece to the fine folks at Writers’ Journal. This one’s just a small piece, but it was fun to write. If you haven’t checked out Writers’ Journal yet, I recommend picking up a copy today! It’s chock full of writing advice on how to get published, where…
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Why Editors Are Just Not That Into You
Whenever I hear a writer complain that editors just aren’t “getting” her latest story, I suspect what they’re actually not getting out of it is emotion. As human beings, we like to sit around the campfire, literally or metaphorically, and tell each other stories. Stories enlighten us, inspire us, gift us with a new perspective. …
LAURENCE MACNAUGHTON 