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05
Nov
2009
NaNoWriMo!

3 days ago by sabrinablack

Though I have nothing to show for it yet, I have taken the plunge! I am now signed up as a participant in NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month. During NaNoWriMo, ambitious writers set out during the month of November to write a 50,000 word novel. I’m already four days late in getting started and ...

Sabrina's Voice - sabrinasvoice.wordpress.com

24
Aug
2009
Writing in tongues: Wells Tower's Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned

75 days ago by Ian McGillis

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16
Aug
2009
I’ve hit the #books-a-million jackpot!

83 days ago by Allison

& Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes My family and I stopped by Books-a-million on the way home from a family lunch today. (Like I REALLY needed any more books?) It felt as if the whole store was on clearance (although it was not). So many great hardcover books were clearanced to an incredible low (some as ...

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21
Jul
2009
Playing Hide ‘n Seek With Literary Voice

110 days ago by Alexis Grant

Everyone agrees a writer’s voice — or lack thereof — can make or break a manuscript. But what is literary voice? And how do you improve something that’s so hard to define? Voice is one of those things you recognize when you see it. It’s what a reader refers to when she says, “I really like the way t ...

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17
Jul
2009
Nothing Has Replaced the Writer

113 days ago by sabrinablack

(NOTE: This blog posting was first posted on June 29, 2009 on my Literary Introductions blog, which soon will no longer exist.) I have to admit, this goal of mine to examine literary introductions has been somewhat of a flop, so I’m going for whatever book introduction I can find for now. Still pert ...

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House of Leaves

113 days ago by sabrinablack

(NOTE: This posting was previously posted on a separate blog entitled “Literary Introductions”. For several reasons, I have decided to combine my multiple blogs into one and use the categories instead of having separate blogs. The following blog posting was originally posted on June 17, 2009) Right ...

Sabrina's Voice - sabrinasvoice.wordpress.com

16
Jun
2009
Books on writing memoir

145 days ago by Alexis Grant

As a journalist in a newsroom, I never worried about how to write. I just did it. I put words on my computer screen to meet a deadline. But memoir, in full-book form, is a different game. One of the ways I’ve adjusted is by reading books on the craft of writing. So during the last few months, I’ve a ...

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01
Jun
2009
Sex? Redacted.

160 days ago by Alexis Grant

While working on my travel memoir this weekend, I wrote this paragraph: He softly kissed the corner of my mouth, then my jawline, then inched toward my ear, where he began whispering sweet nothings. At least, I assumed they were sweet nothings – his French words weren’t clear enough for me to unders ...

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18
May
2009
Your newest reality TV: A writer’s life

174 days ago by Alexis Grant

While browsing my @alexisgrant replies on Twitter recently, I noticed a message from a follower I didn’t even know I had: @jtlongandco, or JT Long, author of The Writer’s Secret: MasterMind Your Way to Publishing Success. “I love your blog,” she wrote. “It is like reality TV for writers.” “Guess I s ...

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16
May
2009
My nonfiction novel

176 days ago by Alexis Grant

I know what you’re thinking: It’s an oxymoron. Novels are fiction. But when it comes to narrative nonfiction, the genre of my book, labels aren’t that simple. My travel memoir tells a true story, but it’s meant to read like a novel. That means I’ve got to work elements of fiction into my book, inclu ...

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