writing
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The typewriter that I learned to type on (no, I am not that old. I just love this typewriter and electrics and computers don’t come close). Here it is: Isn’t it beautiful? Yes, yes it is. You can find them on eBay for about $25 and pay a LOT more for perfectly restored ones at…
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Yes, I’m late to the party, but will still note that the Booker Prize was announced yesterday. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel will be released October 13. You can preorder here. At 560 pages, it’s good for chilly nights ahead. I still need to catch up on the last 2 or 3 Bookers. I do…
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Attention, Patrons of the Arts! I could write a very good novel if you put me up here for a few months! hee I stayed here years ago and still remember the carpet of flowers in the woods and oh, the food! The concierge at a hotel in Paris recommended it as his favorite vacation…
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No need to annotate Dan Brown. While many – and I am not among them – like his storytelling, it must be widely recognized that from a craft standpoint it’s bad writing. Linguist Geoffrey K. Pullum writes, “Brown’s writing is not just bad; it is staggeringly, clumsily, thoughtlessly, almost ingeniously bad.” (if you’re not offended…
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If Flannery Had A Blog has excerpts from novels, letters, bios, articles, etc.
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First, I issue my disclaimer: I’m not much of a drinker and I don’t drink and write. However, if you want to read about drinking or drink and read about drinking, Book Soup’s blog has put together a list here. If you’re in L.A., they also have a happy hour weekdays from 4pm to 7pm:…
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There’s material all around us for short stories and novels. Here are 5 different takes on Ruth Madoff and other clueless wives. I haven’t been following as closely as when the story first broke, but it’s entirely possible she did not know. It never fails to amaze me how people see what they want to…
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“Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.” — Sidonie Gabrielle Collette
Diane Sherlock 
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