Category: Publishing
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Romance Tropes Enduring Through the Ages
What’s your favorite romantic book trope? Romance tropes are the subject of much debate, but whether you love or hate them, they are a staple of modern romance books. Have you ever stopped to think about where they first appeared?
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A much needed boost.
Hi everyone. Hope you are all well. I can’t believe that it is near the middle of November. My grandmother always said that when you are a kid, time can’t go by fast enough. When we are older, time goes by way too fast. In trying to decide what I should write about, I would…
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A Moral Dilemma …
Embarrassing recollection #10002 (and counting)… When I was young I played principal cello in my High School Orchestra. (No big deal, I know, but I was also principal cello in the Virginia All-State orchestra and the famous D.C. Youth Orchestra, so I must’ve played cello OK.) Now it just so happened that most of the…
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Fresh Thoughts on the 2024 AGM
It is ever so difficult to characterize an annual general meeting (AGM) of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA). There are so many different elements—local tours, specialty events, sometimes a major evening event, the plenary speeches open to all attendees. Multiple breakout sessions go simultaneously for two days so that no one person…
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Why Is Accuracy Important When Writing?
Have you ever been reading a book you are enjoying very much and all of a sudden there appears a term or event that just doesn’t fit what you’re perusing? I have experienced that several times when reading Regency romance or even Pride and Prejudice variations. Some of the most common interruptions are: So, let’s…
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Another Milestone Achieved & What Awaits
It feels like just yesterday I was celebrating the 2000-subscriber milestone on my YouTube channel, achieved back on April 20, 2024. And now, here we are at 2500, another milestone reached on September 29th. It’s only fitting to take a moment to celebrate how far the channel has come! This journey has been incredibly rewarding,…
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How Important is Editing?
Have you ever read a book that caused you to pause and say ‘What?’ When you read that sentence, did you wonder why I asked the question? Well, I asked it because there have been occasions when I have thought or said that very thing. What? Why I said or thought it is because what…
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Selling Paperbacks
“Well,” as one wit in our cohort concluded, “that’s six hours of my life I’ll never get back again.” Which reminded me of what we used to say in the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: “Of all the concerts that I ever played, that was one of them.” It was my very first attempt to sell paperbacks in person.…
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Novel vs Novella or Short Story
I am in my twelth year of writing fiction, and most of my books would probably be considered novellas or novelettes. However, in doing research for this post, I found that the length required for each of these varies. Especially in the case of what constitutes a novel, the word count is quite different. Wikipedia’s…
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Spin the wheel to pick next story
Hi everyone. Are you all having a great summer? If so, tell us where you are so we can join you in getting away from tropical storms, mudslides, wildfires, and extreme heat. I wonder if the polar bears make good neighbors. Here in Utah is the 24th of July, which is Pioneer Day. In SLC,…