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The Green Room

March 2, 2018 gaisheagirl

Wonderful things happen when the mind is still and the space quiet. Spending so much alone-time on my boat during…

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Posted in: boating, Experiences, Life, publishing, Robin F. Gainey, Spirituality, Words, writing Filed under: Andre Aciman, authors, Call Me By Your Name, Film Options, Good Fortune, KATU Afternoon Live, Light of the Northern Dancers, Luck, Meditation, novelists, novels, The Green Room, writers, writing

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 Finish Line

June 29, 2016 gaisheagirl

It has been said that one never gets things done because of perfection in nonexistent. If you can never get…

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Posted in: Experiences, God, Life, publishing, Robin F. Gainey, Spirituality, Uncategorized, writing Filed under: authors, Aviation, books, coincidence, editing, Finishing, Flying, France, Georges Guynemer, novels, Perfection, reading, Serendipity, Words, world war I

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

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

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

Interred with Their Bones

November 7, 2008 gaisheagirl

Fellow writer and friend, Jenny Carrell, author of the fascinating non-fiction read, The Speckled Monster, detailing the creation of the smallpox…

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Posted in: History, publishing, writing Filed under: authors, books, fiction, Interred with Their Bones, Jennifer Lee Carrell, Non-Fiction, novels, Shakespeare, Smallpox, The Speckled Monster

Summer Beach Reading

August 2, 2008 gaisheagirl

The weather in the Northwest promises to be great again after a week of rain, so I will suggest grabbing a…

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Posted in: books, reading, writing Filed under: Beaches, novels, Romance, Summer Reading, Susan Wiggs

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