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10 More Writing Links You Need to Have

by Kendra Bonnett on August 27, 2010

Book Business PaperclipPost #53 – Women’s Memoirs, Book Business – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

ancient-bookI love books. I know you love books. And yet, almost every day, I see, hear, learn about new encroachments on the world of traditional books. And while I have a home full of books, I find myself increasingly turning to the alternate media. So true is this that I have to share some of my observations. While I try to keep these link lists diverse, this week I have weighted it a bit on the side of the alternative media.

I’ll start off with a link to an article in the Sacramento Book Review. Apparently Meredith Greene and her husband have discovered the world of PodioBooks, a free service that invites you to convert your books and ebooks into audiobooks and serializing them for customers to download. I’ve long thought PodioBooks to be an excellent way for aspiring fiction authors to break in and begin developing a following.

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Research Your Characters Before You Write: Advice from David McCullough

by Matilda ButlerAugust 23, 2010
Research Your Characters Before You Write: Advice from David McCullough

This week’s Writing in Five video features David McCullough’s approach to research. His advice to “marinate the head” may just help you create vivid, believable characters. We hope you’ll watch this brief video and think about ways you can incorporate this writing tip into your work.

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10 Writing Links You Need to Have

by Kendra BonnettAugust 20, 2010
10 Writing Links You Need to Have10 Writing Links You Need to Have

Call this “Writing Stuff that Came Across Kendra’s Desk.” This is a collection of 10 tips, news bits, videos and links that I discovered this week. The information should be useful to all writers of memoir, nonfiction and fiction.

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Memoir Writers Get to Carnegie Hall the Same Way as Everyone Else!

by Kendra BonnettAugust 16, 2010
Memoir Writers Get to Carnegie Hall the Same Way as Everyone Else!

Ray Bradbury’s essay “Zen and the Art of Writing” is the subject of this week’s Writing in Five quick tip video. He has some sound advice on practice, work and how it will help you transcend your writing into a focus on emotion and passion, which is our ultimate objective.

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Writing, Reflecting, Recounting: Sharing Natalie Goldberg’s Perspective

by Matilda ButlerAugust 2, 2010
Writing, Reflecting, Recounting: Sharing Natalie Goldberg’s Perspective

In this writing tip video, Matilda shares insights from Natalie Goldberg’s book Old Friend from Far Away. If you find yourself caught up in too much recounting and not enough reflecting, then this video may help you.

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Memoir Writers, All Writers, Find Your “One True Sentence”

by Kendra BonnettJuly 19, 2010
Memoir Writers, All Writers, Find Your “One True Sentence”

This Writing in Five writing tip tells us to ever strive toward better, stronger, and simpler prose. Ernest Hemingway made this quest for One True Sentence his life’s journey; not a destination.

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Writing Tip: Even Muscle Verbs Have Their Gentle Side

by Matilda ButlerJuly 12, 2010
Writing Tip: Even Muscle Verbs Have Their Gentle Side

Matilda Butler’s new Writing in Five video highlights the advice on verbs from Rita Mae Brown. Tend to just write? This five minute video will get you focused on making the most of the verbs you choose.

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