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ALA 2008

02 July 2008

Here’s my running commentary of the ALA Conference in Anaheim, along with a few snippets from other blogs. After my last post, I meandered the labyrinth they call the ALA exhibit hall and once again, almost caved into the temptation to buy some modernesque bookshelves. They sell them in batches of 12, however, and since I [...]

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My iPhone for a Webkinz

16 June 2008

What do the new 3G iPhone and Webkinz have in common? Not much, except they both highly coveted by members of the household. Also, they are in the Top 10 of Google’s search terms, and I’m performing an experiment to see how many hits this entry gets for each keyword. Did you know that theft [...]

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The Not-So Second Book

10 June 2008

Awhile ago, another blogger posted a question about the habit of posting word counters on our blogs. Why do we need/use them? I didn’t answer then. I will now. The counters keep me honest. It’s easy to stop a new project when no one knows I’ve started. Easy to spin my wheels on mid-draft revision [...]

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Anatomy of a Final Revision

14 May 2008

The last of the manuscript arrived at 6:06 PM, a day and half later than expected.This bothered my wonderful publisher friends more than it did me because they have deadlines to meet, marketing to do, etc. Me, all I have to do is accept some spot-on line edits and do a little seeding here and [...]

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Round 2: Words That Strike Fear Into My Skeevy Little Heart

11 May 2008

Round Two of revisions was the same as Round 1, but different. Same, in that the editorial notes included line-edits and marginalia, as well as a short editorial letter (addressing two major issues that I’ll describe below). Different in that AEV’s notes came at two different times—the first half of the novel one [...]

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Revisions? The Computer Says No

10 May 2008

The next two blog entries were are going to be about rounds 2 and 3 of Soul Enchilada. I learned scads about writing doing these revisions. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that I became a writer somewhere during the convenience store scene, somewhere between the Vienna sausages and canned chili. [...]

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