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Write on- All the good writing is dead?

Posted on July 8, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen

There has always been the cry– all the best writing is dead. Readers have been dumbed down. Literature is dead.  I have to agree with Dame Gail Rebuck’s recent comment, “It’s the power of books. People aren’t dumbed down–it’s a fallacy”. … Continue reading →

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Write On- A writer must have utter faith in his star.

Posted on June 17, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen

“A writer like me must have utter confidence, an utter faith in his star” F. Scott. Fitzgerald. When  F. Scott Fitzgerald told this to Michel Mok in 1936,  he was very ill with alcoholism.  It’s a sad thought to think so many … Continue reading →

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Write On- You need more than a million words behind you…

Posted on June 10, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen

When I first decided to be a writer, I was in another world. I thought whatever you typed was… well, words set in gold and probably sent directly from heaven. I don’t know why I thought writing would be any different from … Continue reading →

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Write On- The Writer’s Diary

Posted on April 22, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen

I have to confess, I have tried so many times and in so many forms to keep a diary with the ending result– unreadable pages. In the end I wrote with a fountain pen, simply because it forced me to … Continue reading →

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Write On- Researching your fiction, is there ever an end?

Posted on March 5, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen

I shouldn’t be writing this post as I am so guilty of what I am about to write. I love research. I love the tease of a new idea, discovering a bit of history I never knew about, and I … Continue reading →

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Write on- The Waiting Game

Posted on October 1, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

When a novel is finished there is always the period of mourning and loss. The character’s that you have spent so many hours with have nothing more to say to you, you’ve written countless drafts, it’s endured edit after edit, … Continue reading →

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Write on- Oh you naughty, naughty, sock puppets!

Posted on September 17, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

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Do you buy a book based on a review? Does a good one put you off? Apparently some top-selling authors are so insecure about their books, they have resorted to writing their own fake reviews.  What’s so stunning about this … Continue reading →

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Write on- Literary Rape

Posted on September 3, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

  I am in a sullen mood this morning after reading that a e publisher, (name shall go unmentioned) is jumping on the mommy porn rage, and plans to spice up the classics such as Jane Eyre.  My heart just … Continue reading →

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Write On- Notes from a writer’s conference-readers are not dumb!

Posted on July 23, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

I just spent a fabulous weekend at a writer’s conference, The Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association’s conference in Seattle Washington and thought I would write a few posts about the weekend.  The weekend was busy, noisy, and quite an adventure. I … Continue reading →

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Write on- oh those lovely new expressions!

Posted on June 19, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

I love how English changes and evolves and have total compassion for those trying to learn it. How many of our words have multiple meanings; i.e., Red, read, read, There Their etc. So when I come upon a new expression, … Continue reading →

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