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Write On- My oh My! Just when does a bear become the main character?

Posted on March 31, 2014 by susan sheldon nolen

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      I came across this word the other day and had no idea what it meant.  The sentence ran–He was a rather dull arctophile. Time to get out the old OED and look it up. Course if  I … Continue reading →

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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- Reading Aloud

Posted on July 1, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen

Reading aloud is such an intimate experience, especially when reading to some one else. Heads close together, breath held as an important scary passage is read aloud late at night. It is from reading aloud that we learn the small … 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- Well, only if I can Tweet or Pin it.

Posted on April 8, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen

I saw a cartoon the other day of a writer’s desk and it brought to mind how intrusive social media can be. The cartoon desk was loaded with social media icons and the actual typewriter or pen to do the … 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- I feel so pressurised I might just explode!

Posted on February 12, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen

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It’s funny how words are used on both sides of the pond. I grew up with my father’s clear demands to speak the King’s English. Me, being far too clever for my own good, would respond to his demand with–Well, … Continue reading →

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Write on- Should I pay you to write under my name?

Posted on January 22, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen

Does it matter if I wrote this post or not? Or is it okay to have an idea, have the money to pay another writer to bash it out, and then sit back, make a few corrections and then finally … Continue reading →

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Write on- Turning on the Taps

Posted on December 5, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen
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“If you’re going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to … Continue reading →

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