One of the things many writers will tell you is just how difficult it can be to get good, objective feedback on your writing. We go to workshops, critique groups, editors, readers and others, looking for some feedback. Is the writing clear? Do you get a good sense of the protagonist/antagonist? Is the primary plot […]
Posts Tagged ‘novel’
A Good Critic Is Hard To Find
Posted: 7th February 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Novel, Publishing, UncategorizedTags: critique, editing, feedback, Inker War, novel, revising, Richard Hacker, writing, writing groups
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Digital Angst
Posted: 25th January 2012 by Richard Hacker in Creativity, Digital Media, Novel, Publishing, UncategorizedTags: analog, digital, eBook, fiction, novel, publishing, reading, Richard Hacker, vinyl disks, writing
Unless you’ve been living on a small deserted island somewhere in the Pacific, you’ve seen a tremendous change in the publishing industry over the last few years. I’ve found myself in many conversations around books, bookstores, the big chains, the online retailers, and the medium itself. Before we used to beat each other up over […]
Art Becomes Life
Posted: 29th June 2011 by Richard Hacker in UncategorizedTags: fiction, novel, Richard Hacker, sci-fi, Shaper
Book Review: Duty, Honor, Country. West Point to Shiloh. By Bob Mayer
Posted: 7th June 2011 by Richard Hacker in UncategorizedTags: book review, civil war, Grant, historical novel, history, novel, Sherman
The Story Several West Point graduates, including Grant and Sherman, navigate a life of duty and honor from the US expansion into California to the Mexican War and finally on the battlefields of the Civil War, where colleagues and sometimes, friends and family, find themselves on opposing sides. What I like about this book I […]