Continuity, especially in a longer novel with a complex plot, can be a real challenge. As the story evolves from the first draft, every aspect of the novel deepens with detail. The setting, from the time of day, time of year, climate, architecture, flora and fauna–the list is almost endless–becomes more defined on the second, […]
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Where Art Thou, Continuity?
Posted: 14th October 2013 by jazzdog in Award Winning, Creativity, DIRTY WATER, Novel, Story, Texas, TOXIC RELATIONSHIP, Uncategorized, WritingTags: author, champagne books, creativity, DIRTY WATER, fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, Texas, writing
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Do What You Love
Posted: 8th October 2013 by jazzdog in Creativity, Digital Media, Marketing, Novel, Publishing, Uncategorized, WritingTags: J.K.Rowling, marketing, publishing, Rowling, Social networking, success
James Stewart’s column in the New York Times, “Long Odds for Authors Newly Published” about J.K. Rowling aka Robert Galbraith’s book, Cuckoo’s Calling has left me pondering what writing is all about these days. In the article, Stewart discusses how Cuckoo’s Calling under the Galbraith name had to be shopped around at publishers and then, depending on […]
