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A Love-Hate Relationship

Posted on December 4, 2007 by jkmahal

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A Different Kind of Querying

Posted on November 23, 2007 by jkmahal

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Delving into the unknown

Posted on August 5, 2007 by jkmahal

Walter Mosley has a book out called a href=”http://www.amazon.com/This-Year-Write-Your-Novel/dp/0316065412″This Year You Write Your Novel/a and in it he talks about the importance of writing every day.br /br /Now I’ve heard almost every reason why writing every day is important for … Continue reading →

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The Bestsellers’ Advice

Posted on July 15, 2007 by jkmahal

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Like Novel, Like Baby

Posted on July 5, 2007 by jkmahal

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/Ro2HpbJIgPI/AAAAAAAAAAk/rRCefbP7GBU/s1600-h/IMG_0105.JPG”img style=”float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;” src=”http://bp0.blogger.com/_dJEkdJdUM4w/Ro2HpbJIgPI/AAAAAAAAAAk/rRCefbP7GBU/s200/IMG_0105.JPG” border=”0″ alt=””id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083868700101607666″ //abr /In honor of the birth of my first niece, Marguerite Ruth a.k.a. Maggie Mae, I thought I’d do a list of five ways in … Continue reading →

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‘Writing Is Not For Sissies’

Posted on May 23, 2007 by jkmahal

That title is actually a quote from Jennifer Crusie, who posted it in April in Cherry Forums on a thread titled “Writing is Hard.” The longer version of it is now beside my computer monitor.br /br /Last weekend I was … Continue reading →

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