Archive for April, 2009
The Query Crux
• April 23, 2009 • 6 CommentsPosted in Advice, Finding Agents & Submitting
Tags: absolute write, agent, amateur, author, best light, buzz, complete manuscript, conference, courtney vail, crux, details, editor, hook, letter, novel, novelist, pieces, primary goal, published, publishing, queen, query letter, share your work, submission, suspense, work, writer, writing
Make Your Prose Sing & Zing
• April 16, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Advice, Editing, Voice, Texture, Tone
Tags: alliteration, assonance, book, bursting, checkmate, chess, compulsion, courtney vail, dialogue, edit, finding voice, fresh, hyperbole, inanimate object, Kings & Queens, listening, music, narrative, novel, personification, prose, resonance, satanism, sing, song, symbolism, syntax, voice, voice and texture, wicca, words, writer, writing, zing, zingy
Avoiding Space Invaders
• April 10, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Personal Notes
Tags: cake, courtney vail, creative process, critique, manic pad, novel, sequel, space, space invaders, spelling errors, story, work, writer, writing
In Search of a Larger Concept
• April 8, 2009 • 5 CommentsPosted in Personal Notes
Tags: book, brain, complexity, concept, courtney vail, Creativity, dream, expand, idea, Kings & Queens, love, love triangle, me, merger, novel, obsession, pieces, plot, shopping, simplicity, story, triumph, wait, writer, writing
My ABNA…What???
• April 2, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Personal Notes
Tags: ABNA, author, contest, courtney vail, dunkin donuts, gothic, majesty, my book, novel, reviews, story, tone, writer
Ending with a Bang
• April 1, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Advice, Editing
Tags: answer, arc, author, bang, beginning, book, characters, climax, duology, ending, goal, novel, resonate, satisfactory, split, story questions, threads, trilogy, unagented, wrapping up, writer, writing
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