Tag: lazar
member name: Aaron Lazar, (author of LeGarde Mysteries)
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May 17, 2008 07:01 AM EDT --
Good morning friends and writers!
I'm off to a book signing today at Heron Hill Winery on Keuka Lake. It's a gorgeous part of the country, which I highly recommend for a nice long vacation. . . .
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September 17, 2009 12:59 PM EDT --
copyright 2009 aaron paul lazar
You want to write. Your head is packed with stories that haunt you, begging to be released. They keep you up at night, and sometimes you wake . . .
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November 22, 2008 06:07 AM EST --
Life with Papa
My grandsons, Julian and Gordon, have always called me Papa. I answer to it more readily now than to Aaron or Honey, and I guess I'm rather comfortable with this . . .
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January 17, 2009 08:12 AM EST --
I can't help it.
My eyes sweep around the conference room, taking in engineers, technicians, and secretaries who sit at their tables and sip coffee, pretending to pay attention to the speaker. . . .
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October 15, 2009 06:40 PM EDT --
As an author I'm often asked, "Where do you get your ideas?"
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It's one of my favorite subjects, so if you decide to ask me on our next exchange, pull out a chair and settle in. It's hard . . .
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February 21, 2007 10:48 AM EST --
I thought it couldn’t be done. Write a query with another author? Someone who has a distinctly different voice than mine? Impossible. We’d clash. We’d argue. Neither of us would . . .
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June 14, 2008 06:57 AM EDT --
Good morning, friends and writers!
Let's try something new today.
I must admit, I'm tired of editing for months on end. Sure, it's the natural extension of writing a dozen books - and every new . . .
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October 11, 2008 06:46 AM EDT --
Good morning, friends and writers!
I missed you last weekend, but had a glorious time with my wife at my friend's cabin on Honeoye Lake. I wrote seven new chapters in my current novel, watched some . . .
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October 01, 2009 11:41 AM EDT --
Cold sores.
Man, they're gross. Especially when they're on YOUR face. Right?
It's an uncomfortable subject AND an uncomfortable ailment. I've suffered from them on my nose, of all places, a few . . .
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October 21, 2009 11:17 AM EDT --
Copyright 2009, Aaron Paul Lazar
According to the dictionary, a preface is “an introduction to a book which typically states its subject, scope, or aims.”
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October 30, 2009 01:47 PM EDT --
copyright 2009, aaron paul lazar
Living in an antique home has its problems, especially when you’re not a handyman. My father taught me all sorts of wonderful things when he was alive, . . .
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March 22, 2008 07:17 AM EDT --
I've collected some great writing advice over the past years. Some has worked, and some hasn't. Recently, however, the list of "forbidden" words has grown through advice from fellow . . .
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July 26, 2008 06:29 AM EDT --
What's the hardest thing you've ever had to write?
All right, come on, now. You know it's not that novel. Or the apology letter to the nerdy kid you bullied in high school. Or maybe the . . .
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September 30, 2008 07:07 PM EDT --
The Strong Museum was founded by Margaret Woodbury Strong , a prolific collector of everyday objects, especially dolls and toys, in 1968. She died in 1969 and left her estate to support the museum. . . .
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January 24, 2009 08:06 AM EST --
Have you ever heard the adage, "Write like you talk?"
I've run across this bit of advice off and on during my career, whether it was in writing skills articles, or from colleagues who . . .
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May 31, 2008 06:54 AM EDT --
Last night, per our usual routine, my two little buddies came upstairs to play. Grandsons are precious. They're inspirational. Hysterical. Adorable. And they keep me humble.
All day . . .
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June 15, 2008 08:44 AM EDT --
Marta Stephens (author of Silenced Cry) inspired me yesterday to play a bit with flash fiction through inspiration, after I'd written yesterday's Saturday Writing Essential piece on haiku and . . .
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December 03, 2008 10:32 AM EST --
I'm thrilled to announce that Tremolo: cry of the loon , earned a place in Renee's TOP TEN BOOKS FOR 2008.
It's quite an honor, and if you'd like to listen to Yolanda Renee . . .
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February 27, 2007 08:15 PM EST --
Last night, per our usual routine, my two little buddies came upstairs to play with me.
Grandsons are precious. They're inspirational. Hysterical. Adorable. And they keep me humble.
All day . . .
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June 28, 2007 12:23 PM EDT --
My readers often ask, "Are you Gus LeGarde?"
I laugh and tell them, "Hardly. Gus is a much better man than me."
I genuinely mean it when I say it. But is it really true? . . .
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