Six on the brain

The Great American Book Giveaway
As if M.J. Rose didn’t already do enough for writers, book promotion and the publishing industry. Now she’s gone and created The Great American Book Giveaway, a program that gives away a new book to hundreds of randomly selected people who’ve entered their e-mail address.
There’s no charge or obligation for entering, [...]

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Three Books On Writing I Can’t Live Without
Like a lot of my peers, I love books about writing. And also like my peers, I have my favorites and host of others I think are terrible.
Okay… maybe terrible isn’t the right word. A matter of taste? In any case, I don’t like ’em.
And I’m leaving off [...]

Tagged as: On books, On writing, Six on the brain

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Here’s a Great Tool to Manage Your Deadlines and Track Your Progress

I’ve made no secret that I have some troubles keeping my own deadlines… and I know I’m not alone in this.

We’re writers and most of us—including those who’ve got deals—are at the stage in the game where we aren’t yet able to quit our day jobs to do this thing called storytelling full time.

Tagged as: deadlines, On writers, On writing, Six on the brain

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So you don’t think you’ve got time to write a novel?
To anyone out there who claims they don’t have enough time to write a novel, I say that’s a cop out. I’ve written about the “no time to write” thing before, but I’m coming at it from a different direction this time: breaking stuff down [...]

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