Tag: writing
member name: Aaron Lazar, (author of LeGarde Mysteries)
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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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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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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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March 01, 2008 06:43 AM EST --
Hello, friends and writers!
While I am busily rennovating my house, I'm going to occasionally recycle a few older articles that still have traction. See what you think about this one, . . .
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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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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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December 06, 2008 07:28 AM EST --
Rejection. Oh, how it stings. Most of us have been through it - plenty. Seeking jobs, college admissions, love, or publication for our books. It hurts. Destroys our self image. For a while, . . .
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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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December 20, 2008 07:01 AM EST --
Good morning friends and writers,
Yesterday we had a whopper of a snowstorm. It was glorious, mostly because I arranged to work from home all day and didn't have to worry about the awful driving . . .
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February 02, 2007 02:27 PM EST --
In my “day job” as an electrophotographic engineer, numerous emails are exchanged each day. Sometimes, when discussing a topic, such as transmission density or fusing quality, I sense a “writer’s . . .
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July 30, 2008 09:34 AM EDT --
For Kathryn's Wednesday Writing Essentials Exercise:
Mao
Ten minute writing exercise
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Mao's Secret Past
Hey! What are you doing on my bed?
What? You want to know where . . .
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August 23, 2008 09:57 AM EDT --
Good morning friends and writers!
I'm back from my trip to Mass. to deliver my dear daughter, Melanie, to Cambridge for her masters program in Music Therapy. She's already come and gone to . . .
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November 13, 2009 06:10 AM EST --
It’s over.
No longer will I hold my arms open and welcome you to my home as “friend,” waiting for your eyes to bore into me and squash me to the ground.
No longer . . .
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July 28, 2007 09:01 AM EDT --
Good morning, writers!
Today is the start of a too-busy weekend. You know the kind - filled with boring but necessary chores and errands. An appraiser is coming early Tuesday morning as part of the process . . .
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August 04, 2007 10:00 AM EDT --
I overslept this morning. And it was lovely.
Usually, on Saturday mornings, . . .
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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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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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June 21, 2008 08:38 AM EDT --
Good morning friends and writers,
I just returned from a long week in Pittsburgh on business. The conferences went well, and the nights were lovely. I was able to devote a lot of time to editing the . . .
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August 30, 2008 09:00 AM EDT --
Hello, friends and writers!
Character interviews can be fun, and they're a nice way to get folks interested in your books. Have you tried it yet? If not, here's today's challenge. . . .
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January 12, 2008 03:18 PM EST --
Hello, writers!
Have you ever written a book based on a dream?
For the past few weeks, I've been digging around for the subject of my next book, the thirteenth. On a whim, I decided . . .
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