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How I Write a Novel (5): Beta Readers

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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I had my first two novels published without even being aware that there were such people as beta readers. Oh, one or two family members had read the books, or versions of them – but my family members are far … Continue reading →

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How I Write a Novel (6): the editor’s edit

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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Every publisher has their own way of doing things, so don’t take this as necessarily the norm. This is just the way it’s done at my main publisher, with my particular editor and copy editor. When I have decided (hopefully … Continue reading →

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The author answers [8]

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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Patty had a second question: Is there ever a chance you’ll like your second and third books better than the first? It seems to me there is such exhilaration at finishing the first, it has to stay your favourite for a … Continue reading →

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Wanting to be published: is it a trap?

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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There’s a great discussion on this topic going on over at Karen Miller’s blog. Here is part of what I wrote in the comments section: I must admit I have never read fanfic and have no desire to do so. Nor … Continue reading →

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How I Write a Novel (7): building a sense of place

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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This should actually be called “world building when you don’t have a clue” although I’m not talking about general world creation [a la god], but something perhaps of more of value to all writers – what do you do when … Continue reading →

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How to write a fantasy trilogy synopsis…I think

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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Ok, I have spent four days on this darn synopsis, (actually for a quartet rather than a trilogy). Which is ridiculous. I can write 5,000 words on a good day, and it has taken me four days to write a … Continue reading →

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More on how long a book should be…

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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Patty made a comment yesterday that prompted this post…thanks, Patty. Let me start by saying that there is something that does remain a mystery to me, and that’s how authors – some of them, anyway – seem to know exactly … Continue reading →

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As others see us…

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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Sometimes I get some intimation of what people think about writers – and it’s not quite what one may expect. Here’s a question from a poster on a Message Board about sff: is everyone a potentual writer? Is it jus … Continue reading →

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No such thing as Writer’s Block?

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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A friend emailed yesterday. She had been telling me for ages how hard she was finding the writing of her new contracted book – it was coming along far too slowly and each page had to be wrung out of … Continue reading →

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Actively voicing the passive

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Glenda LarkeMarch 14, 2021
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Aargh. Came back from a weekend away to find my laptop has no power – I suspect something drastic happened to the insides, as just before everything went black, it went very, very hot… I am now an anomaly. A … Continue reading →

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