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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

Experience

September 18, 2009 gaisheagirl

One hears about writers who put pen to paper (or fingers to the laptop ) for years until they are…

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Posted in: books, Life, publishing, reading, writing Filed under: Age, Creativity, Luck, Young Writers, Youngest Writers, youth

Epigrams

September 1, 2009 gaisheagirl 1 Comment

I love epigrams.   The English critic and poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, said, “What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole,…

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Posted in: History, humor, reading, writing Filed under: books, Epigrams, Life, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Tempation, The Secret to Life, Words, Writer

'Tis

July 22, 2009 gaisheagirl

It’s true, I guess. Frank McCourt has moved on.  I have been waiting to hear the punch-line, as I have…

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Posted in: books, Life, publishing, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Angela's Ashes, authors, Frank McCourt, Ireland, Irish, Malachy McCourt, Pullitzer Prize, writers

Top Twenty-Five

June 29, 2009 gaisheagirl

Every year, English teachers from across the country can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high…

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Posted in: Life, reading, writing Filed under: English, Essays, High School, humor, Kids, Metaphors, Teaching, Teenagers, Words

Awful Library Books

June 14, 2009 gaisheagirl

Love books? For a twist on GoodReads, try Awful Library Books.  It’s the antithesis of the former and often a trip…

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Posted in: Life, publishing, reading, Uncategorized, Words, writing Filed under: Awful Library Books, books, GoodReads, libraries, Library Books, Voting

Going Public

May 15, 2009 gaisheagirl

I am busy working on another edit of book #2.  I ask friends who love books to read my work.  It’s always amazing…

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Posted in: publishing, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Advice, editing, Marquis del la Grange

The Writer's Work

May 8, 2009 gaisheagirl

“Every reader finds himself. The writer’s work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the…

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Posted in: Life, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Proust, quotations, Writing Quotations

Add, Cut, Add, Cut, Add, Cut

April 25, 2009 gaisheagirl

I live to edit.  Really.  Just tell me what to do, I’ll do it. I just received some advice on…

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Posted in: humor, Life, publishing, reading, Words, writing Filed under: Agents, editing, editors, rejection, Steve Berry

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