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Silk’s Post #8 — Bombarded by coverage of the last, frantic days of the US election campaign, I’ve been more caught up in the work of speechwriters than novel writers. (For some fascinating insights...
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Paula’s Post #8 – I have a Mac. I’m sure it is more or less the same on a PC, but on my Mac, I have a little calendar icon affixed to the ‘dock’ that runs across the bottom of … Continue reading →
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Helga’s Post #8 — Collectively, there has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth on our blog since it started. A quick review produced some real doozies. Like these: (by no means the unabridged...
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Paula’s Post #9 — If you’ve been following this blog, you may have figured out by now that both Joe and I are writing YA novels. In his post last week, Traitorous Doubts, Joe wrote: Pages written: 125....
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Karalee’s Post #9 A few weeks ago a friend of mine organized tickets to see Leonard Cohen. Before buying them we sat around her table debating whether we should go. After deciding ‘yes’, there was the...
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Karalee’s Post # 12 — In the last month I have had the privilege to listen to more live music concerts than ever before. First Leonard Cohen, then the Mike Allen Quartet, and last Friday we took the...
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Joe’s post #18 — How do you buy books? By genre? By authors? By recommendations from friends? By the pretty picture on the cover? Ok, but let’s be more specific. How do you decide to buy a book by a...
View ArticleTiming is everything, no matter the genre
Karalee’s Post #28 — I took last week off with my family in Mexico for Spring Break. I knew of Paula’s imminent goodbye to Contessa and all our 5Writer’s hearts are with her and John. Thanks for...
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Silk’s Post #33 — I’m confused about genres. Just a wild guess, but I’ll bet you are too. It seems like genres have been hanging out with each other, no doubt under cover of darkness, and mating. I...
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Helga’s Post # 106: During our recent downsizing from house to condo I was forced to part with a multitude of boxes containing heaps of notes and articles about writing. I lovingly and dutifully...
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Helga’s Post # 108 — As I prepared to write this post, I had a quick look at where our blog followers are located. As it happens, we are spread out across the continents. While the majority of our...
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