Tag: writing
member name: Gloria Oliver
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December 13, 2009 11:10 AM EST --
I'd decided to log my progress on my latest WIP called Jewel of the Gods. While this manuscript did not evolve in the most straightforward manner, I still thought it might still be fun to share how it . . .
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January 18, 2009 05:14 PM EST --
A few weeks ago I went to one of our favorite family owned restaurants. After we'd ordered and got our food, I noticed that unlike the norm, this time they'd not added the colorful bit of garnish . . .
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June 07, 2007 07:40 AM EDT --
There are many critical pieces to writing. Some are immediately obvious - dialog, using the senses, good grammar and sentence structure. Other are more subtle, but as badly needed - pacing, the flow (or . . .
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August 23, 2007 07:33 AM EDT --
Creativity is a weird animal. Not only is it a muscle that must be used in order to hone it and get it to give you more, but it can also be very capricious. It can drive you to distraction, prove stubborn, . . .
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March 16, 2008 10:57 PM EDT --
Stress has been high this year what with work going full tilt, needing to do Promo for myself and the new books (which is far far behind), scraping time to write, and dealing with getting all the stuff . . .
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April 27, 2008 11:02 AM EDT --
1) Never ask a vampire if he'd like a drink
2) Never ask the bride's mother how she is holding out an hour before the wedding
3) Never sign insurance papers when you and . . .
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June 29, 2008 05:16 PM EDT --
I tried to avoid this as long as I could, figuring I already had way too much to do (not counting writing!) but this year I saw it was inevitable so...
Here is my first book video!
Since branding . . .
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October 25, 2007 07:31 AM EDT --
As a writer there are many lessons you learn over time. Aside from things like grammar and following submission rules and a few other things, a lot of the items you have to know about concerning how to . . .
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July 26, 2007 07:32 AM EDT --
Every year, Tulsa, Ok holds a Science Fiction and Fantasy convention called Conestoga Con. One of my three publishers has always had a huge presence there and since I got included in attendee lists for . . .
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August 16, 2007 07:28 AM EDT --
August has been HOT and just darn weird. And since part of that mess made me miss posting last week, this will be this week's topic! Bwahahaha
The temperatures have been trying to catch up from the . . .
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April 06, 2008 04:03 PM EDT --
April Showers are upon us! (As evidenced by some huge storms this past week! Eek!)
Index
1) News
2) Marketing Madness
3) Latest Appearance Schedule
4) Upcoming Appearances
5) What's . . .
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May 04, 2008 05:57 PM EDT --
Greetings!
2008 seems to be flowing past fast! It's May already! Eek!
Index
1) News 2) Marketing Madness 3) Latest Appearance Schedule 4) Upcoming Appearances 5) What's Up? . . .
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November 01, 2007 07:45 AM EDT --
Well, after a long wait and battling the Curse of the Cover - Willing Sacrifice is finally out!!!
Willing Sacrifice
To save the world she must die! Or does she?
For as . . .
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December 21, 2008 10:07 AM EST --
Well, after way too many months of avoidance and procrastination, I was finally able to carve out a chunk of time to get all the pieces together and finish the first of my much needed four book videos! . . .
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May 24, 2007 07:34 AM EDT --
This is a question that seems to come up all the time at panels and in general writing discussions. There are people on both sides of the camp and never a lot of agreement as to what to do.
To . . .
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August 30, 2007 07:18 AM EDT --
Psst! You there. Yeah you! The one reading this blog. Answer me this...how do you do it? How do you find the time to go trolling around and read this stuff? Tell me, please! I really need to know! I can . . .
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March 23, 2008 10:22 AM EDT --
HI, all!
Just wanted to annouce real quick that "Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles" is now available in Trade Paperback!
Can be purchased at Amazon or for a bigger discount directly . . .
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September 06, 2007 07:46 AM EDT --
Being a writer tends to involve a lot of time spent waiting. Waiting to get distant enough from a project to edit the manuscript, waiting to hear back on submissions, waiting to get a manuscript back from . . .
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