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Recent Letters
While I was standing in 40 degree shade (104 F), eating rose-water and pistachio baklava in a small town on the Albanian coast during August, I thought of you. I did, honestly. OK, a significant part...
I’m not talking about what we can’t see that’s right in front of us. About when we are tired and over-worked. Our mind is on a different course and we just don’t see the...
Essential in cricket, land ownership and relationships. Not so noticeable in the books we read. But knowing what is in, and what is out, is how you write a good book. Writing a book is not about...
My daughter just came in from the garden, her hands covered with mud, and told me she’d been “chitting” the seed potatoes. “Chitting?” I said and ran not for a towel but...
I began to write a nonfiction book last November with enthusiasm. I knew what I wanted to write and exactly who I was writing for. It’s so niche, my book, I could tell you the names of the...
Publishers are busy people. We know that, because more often than not, they don’t have time to tell us, writers all, how much they loved our book idea. That publishers and agents are muzzled by...
Even 200 words a day will move your book on in a way that 0 words a day won’t. But you (and only you) know when you want to move your book on...
Specialized vocabulary. Used appropriately, it will enrich your writing. In writing my current murder mystery, I’m galloping to the stable door and home but in the editing process, I’ve...