Monthly Archives: August 2006

Blogging break

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Kirsten

The Hill Wife by Robert Frost V. The Impulse It was too lonely for her there And too wild, And since there were but two of them And no child, And work was little in the house She was free, … Continue reading →

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Ah, to break 100 . . .

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Kirsten

Okay, I’ve been golfing for about a month now (not counting when I played as a kid) and I came soooo close to a milestone tonight — on an easy course, of course — I played nine holes and shot … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on potential. Market potential.

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Kirsten

By definition the audience for literary fiction — for difficult, or as Ralph Nadir would prefer ;-) “challenging” books — is smaller than the audience for mainstream books. It’s probably impossible to know for sure how small, but that doesn’t … Continue reading →

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This just in!!! The BBC’s brain has a funny accent!!!

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Kirsten

Okay, I’m doing my part to stop this meme from corrupting any more innocent bloggers. Read this before you believe the story about cows having accents. It’s a PR ploy. Make that, a PR cow pie. Hear that sound around … Continue reading →

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It’s the mindset that dooms them

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Kirsten

Blogs that cover the cultural and economic effects of the Internet on newspaper publishing are all linking a couple of articles in The Economist about the latter’s dire straits: For most newspaper companies in the developed world, 2005 was miserable. … Continue reading →

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Building a book

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Kirsten

Literary agent Rachel Vater, whose blog I only just discovered but which is an absolute treasure trove, has a post up now about “hooks and layers.” You need both to write a marketable book. She compares examples of queries she’s … Continue reading →

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Fawns

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Kirsten

Golfed with my parents this evening at a course they play often in Chenango County. There’s a doe with twin fawns that they see all the time around the second hole/third tee, and sure enough they were out tonight. I … Continue reading →

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Slime mold isn’t mold after all?

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Kirsten

Slime mold is one of those things you encounter when you wander around in the woods, like moss and lichens. I always thought it was a fungus. But now I read this article by Chet Raymo, and it turns out … Continue reading →

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Why they say “no”

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Kirsten

POD-dy Mouth sheds a bit more insight into the agent rejection thing — specifically why an agent would love your novel but still decide he/she wouldn’t be able to sell it: What you, aspiring writer, are forgetting, is that while … Continue reading →

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So you wanna be in pictures

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Kirsten

A screenwriter, that is. Tess Geritsen tried it once and is glad she’s writing novels now, instead. Technorati Tags: writing, novels, screenwriting

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