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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Pulling My Head Out of the Sand
Today is Wednesday – mid week, mid month – and I’m avoiding my NaNoWriMo novel. Tamora Pierce wrote a great pep talk for NaNo-ers this week, who (like me) are spending their valuable writing time reading emails and blogs. She … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, life, Wednesday's Word, writing
Tagged fiction, manners, NaNoWriMo, Novel, word of the day, writing
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Fiction vs. Memoir
On Salon.com, Laura Miller wrote “A new book says: Fiction is dead, long live the age of autobiography,” in which she reviews Ben Yagoda’s book Memoir: A History. Laura Miller quotes Ben Yagoda when he claims fiction has become “like … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Sebold, Ben Yagoda, book awards, fiction, Laura Miller, memoir, Nathan Bransford, Novel, Published, Salon.com, SheWrites, writing
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Balancing Form and Function
I’m nearing the end of week two of NaNoWriMo, and this year I’ve spent almost as much time analyzing my process as I have pouring words out onto the screen. There are several writers’ views of NaNoWriMo: some love the … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction, first drafts, NaNoWriMo, Novel, writing process
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