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Drunk Writer Talk · 1d ago

In Defense of Harlequin...

So I was incredibly disappointed that I couldn’t post last week on the heels of Maureen’s post about Owning your own Decisions. (Darn day job!) But I have to say I was startled by the Peterson blog. Yes, I think it’s great she wanted to share her numbers, but I feel that new authors reading that pos
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Drunk Writer Talk · 2d ago

Recent YA Fiction is Not Written for Kids

A mutual friend of the Toronto DWT contingent recently read a short story that I recently had published in a High School English text (how cool is that, BTW!). Midway through reading she looked up at me to say something like: I like how it's written as if it were for adults, not for kids.I took that
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Drunk Writer Talk · 3d ago

Desperation Exhaustion Exhilaration

I am at that point in the book. I am so close to done that I can taste it. I almost had the final scenes written today, but couldn't quite get them done before I got too hungry to write anymore and had to break for dinner which then apparently sapped my will to do anything but watch a TV show and wo
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Drunk Writer Talk · 6d ago

Sometimes I just want to be entertained

This is my post where I try and explain why I might consider going to see Battleship.Sure, it looks awful, bad dialogue, stiff acting, plot ridiculousness, but things do go boom, and Taylor Kitsch and Alexander Scarsgard are really pretty and sadly, that's enough for me. Apparently it's a pretty fu
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Drunk Writer Talk · 1W ago

Own Your Decisions in Publishing

The writer loops have been all a-flutter with Ann Voss Peterson's very honest and well-reasoned post about why she's decided to no longer publish with Harlequin.I applaud her frankness and her willingness to provide hard numbers to back up what most people who pay attention to the business side of t
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Drunk Writer Talk · 1W ago

Romantic Comedies Again

So this time it's Friends with Benefits. I watched it this weekend while I was folding laundry and Andy was out gallivanting somewhere near the coast. I am grateful for one thing. I did not suggest that the boys watch it with me. It could well have rated as one of the worst movies to watch with your
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Drunk Writer Talk · 1W ago

Being Chosen

We had an awesome Toronto Romance Writer's meeting this weekend. It was an author panel and the organizers selected a varied group of authors who, I felt, were all very honest and very real. The focus of the conversation was on goals - which in these changing times - is a pretty interesting and flui
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Drunk Writer Talk · 1W ago

Why does my E-Book version cost more than the print version?

I didn't notice at first, because I was so caught up in the excitement of ordering a book at 11pm at night and it arriving directly to my E-Reader. I was so thrilled because my bookshelves are overflowing and now all my recent books are on one, small little device.Then one night I went to go buy a J
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Drunk Writer Talk · 2W ago

Canonical Books

So I’ve been battling my insomnia lately with Sleepy Time tea and DBSA podcasts – which are Sarah Wendell (SBTB) and Jane Lit (Dear Author) talking about various different topics. I had this idea that some chatter in the background would help me drift to sleep. Not so. Instead I hang on every word b
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Drunk Writer Talk · 2W ago

Short is Hard

Except when it comes to blog posts. And this one will be very short indeed.I've been struggling to write a short story for what must be a month now and it's just not working. Why can I write 5K of a novel in 2-3 days--easily--but a 5K short story takes AGES.Okay, I do know at least some answers, but
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