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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 Possibility in Hardship

November 13, 2017 gaisheagirl

Traveling across the northwestern states for the last few days on a mini book tour opens a window of time…

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Posted in: books, Experiences, Life, Nature, publishing, reading, travel, Words, writing Filed under: Farmers, Farming, Hardship, Organic farming, Palouse, Possibility, Robin F. Gainey, Washington State

Writing the West

October 31, 2017 gaisheagirl

My second novel, Light of the Northern Dancers, releases November 7. A long journey into print. An even longer trek…

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Posted in: books, Life, publishing, reading, Robin F. Gainey, Words, writing Filed under: Creative Writing, Light of the Northern Dancers, Robin F. Gainey, Women Fiction Writers, Writing process, Writing the West

Going Dark

February 3, 2016 gaisheagirl

Notice? I took a semi-hiatus from digital communication the past year. In part, because I have several writing projects racing…

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Posted in: books, Experiences, God, Life, Love, Nature, reading, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Words, writing Filed under: digital-free, God-light, hiatus, Humanity, Technology

The Alchemy of Beauty

January 31, 2014 gaisheagirl

What is beauty? Something seen, or heard, or felt? When experienced, what is the result? It draws us in, engenders pleasure.…

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Posted in: Experiences, God, Life, music, reading, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Words, writing Filed under: Art, Beauty, Definition of Beauty, Feeling, Freedom, Love

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

Creative Process

January 30, 2013 gaisheagirl

Have rewritten the opening line to my new novel eight times in 48 hours. Decided now to go into farming.…

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Posted in: books, Experiences, publishing, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Creative process, Creativity, first lines, humor

A New Day

January 22, 2013 gaisheagirl

Finishing the writing of a book (and it’s NEVER finished until it’s in print) is like sending a child off…

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Posted in: Experiences, publishing, reading, Words, writing Filed under: A New Day, best friend, books, fiction, how to write, Imagination, iPod, music, Musical scores, novels, Writing process

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

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