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Dear Mr. Bezos

November 30, 2017 gaisheagirl

Dear Mr. Bezos: Your net worth just passed $95 billion. A mind-numbing number. Do you ever pause at a price…

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Posted in: books, eBook, publishing, reading, rejection, Robin F. Gainey, Words, writing Filed under: Addictions, Amazon, authors, Book Giveaways, books, Dealers, GoodReads, Indie Bookstores, Jeff Bezos, novels, publishing, Readers, writing

The Emotion of Language

November 6, 2013 gaisheagirl

Simple fact: Writers use words. If we’re lucky those words connect in a way that produces images in the mind. Even…

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Posted in: books, eBook, Experiences, Life, Parenthood, reading, Uncategorized, writing Filed under: Birth of a Word, Deb Roy, evolution, Language, Language Research, novels, Tedsword, Words

Tempering Steel

March 18, 2013 gaisheagirl

The Four Phases of Authorship: the thinking process, the writing process, the agenting process, the publishing process. (We will save…

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Posted in: eBook, Experiences, History, humor, Life, publishing, rejection, Words, writing Filed under: agenting, authors, books, Famous Authors, Famous Authors Rejected, novels, submitting writing

What If?

March 8, 2013 gaisheagirl

Thank you to Seattle Wrote  for a great interview. Uncut, unedited and appreciated. Plenty can be learned from when writing…

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Posted in: books, eBook, Experiences, publishing, rejection, writing Filed under: Creative Writing, fiction, John Saul, Plot, what if, Writing Tips

Blurbing

June 13, 2012 gaisheagirl

Forgive me for re-posting this article on blurbing a novel but it’s is well-worth the chuckle. Will have something new…

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Posted in: books, eBook, humor, publishing, reading, writing Filed under: Blurbs, Book blurbs, book marketing, book promotion, novels

Neil Gaiman

May 29, 2012 gaisheagirl

Neil Gaiman is somewhat of an icon for writers. A man-of-all-trades when it comes to prose, he produces the written…

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Posted in: books, eBook, Experiences, Life, movies, music, publishing, reading, Words, writing Filed under: advice on writing, Arts, commencement, graduation, life advice, Neil Gaiman, the arts

The Story Of (Publishing Today)

May 16, 2012 gaisheagirl

I started writing fiction in earnest about a decade ago. I was lucky, it only took me a couple of…

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Posted in: eBook, Life, publishing, reading, rejection, writing Filed under: Agents, best-sellerss, novels, perseverance, self-publishing, validation

eBooks and Autographs

May 2, 2012 gaisheagirl

A key question for authors who are being published through electronic means: What about book signings? Do they exist for…

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Posted in: books, eBook, Experiences, publishing, reading Filed under: authors, Autographs, book signing, Book Tours, eAuthors, eBook Authors, eBooks, Indie Bookstores, Web Publishing

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