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Good Wednesday Copious Notes readers. Yesterday CNN broke the news that yet another book based on a true story is a hoax. You may remember a couple of years ago how James Frey was busted about his book ‘A Million Little Pieces’ and how the book, which seemed like an amazing story, was [...]
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Good Friday everyone! Today brings a new edition of lyrically speaking for all of you to enjoy. I wanted to bring it back home a little bit and let you guys know about a local band that you all probably have heard of. The band nine days had their breakout hit “story of a girl” [...]
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You’ll have to excuse the lack of picture for today’s post. I spent a good 10 minutes looking for a picture that would fit today’s topic or be a play on words for today, but I was unable to find anything. So, you’re stuck with just this entry.
Right now, I want you to close your [...]
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A few days ago I was reading Creative A’s blog and came across this fantastic list. With his permission, I have reprinted it here. I fully believe in this list and think that if anyone sticks to the rules, their writing will instantly improve.
Enjoy.
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The other day I was at Barnes&Noble and I [...]
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Back in January I posted a writing excercise to help get people’s writing juices flowing. Back in high school and college, we frequently used ‘jump starts’ to get some free writing done. It’s a nice way to jump start because you just make things up as you go and don’t worry about spelling, [...]
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Welcome to the May 16, 2008 edition of Just Write. Thanks to everyone who submitted! As usual, we have some bright people sharing information about the world of writing. Please visit them and encourage them all to keep up the good work.
Book Reviews
Cindy King presents Book Review – Letting Go Of The Words – Writing [...]
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Welcome to the April 18, 2008 edition of just write.
Copyrighting/Freelance
Thursday Bram presents Re-thinking My Stance on International Projects posted at thursdaybram.com, saying, “Freelancers often have to make choices about which types of projects they’ll take on. Lately, I’ve been rethinking one of my project [...]
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A good Thursday to everyone! I think that everyone needs a kick in the butt at times to get back to writing (I sure do!) and think that we could all use some jump-starts! That will be the central theme of this week’s Thursday Thirteen.
For those who don’t know, this is a common [...]
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Happy Thursday everyone! My writing schedule has been crap this week, mostly due to getting sidetracked with stupid things. I only resumed editing the Robert Story last night. The good news is that I added 400 words. I have some lame excuses and I figured I’d share them with you all. [...]
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I came across this article today on CNN, which is an interview with John Grisham. It opens with a really interesting fact:
“Some things John Grisham knows: He got 15 rejections before his first book, “A Time to Kill,” was published.”
Now to any aspiring author, to hear this is good news. We all hear [...]
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When I get to it: Capacious Kindle
