Writer Unboxed

WU peeps, today I have the pleasure of interviewing debut author Lisa Brackmann , who I met and liked before I figured out she was famous. The reason for her reputation? She’d queried all of six agents before being plucked from Nathan Bransford’s slushpile. I know, huh? Impressive. Some people might hate her on principle. [...]

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I hate structural editing. I think I’m quite a lazy writer. In my ideal world I would finish the manuscript and find that the only editing required was a quick trawl through to pick up clunky style, repeated words etc. Because I am a planner par excellence, and because I edit so much as I [...]

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What did you learn about yourself today? I learned that I love paying taxes. I learned that the greatest joy is stopping by the market for lettuce. I learned that early sunsets and crisp November air make me happy, though I kind of knew that already. Two weeks from today we’ll be home with our [...]

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Therese here. Today’s guest is Catherine McKenzie, author of Spin, an acclaimed novel released in Canada, and Arranged, a novel that will be released in Canada in January (and, psst, amazon.ca delivers). Catherine is here today to tell us about her vision for creating a best-selling-novel machine via viral support on Facebook for another author [...]

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It’s November 1st, 2010! For some people, that just means it’s Monday, or the day the rent comes due. For others, it’s the day the Halloween candy goes on sale (grab me a bag of Pretzel M&Ms, wouldja?). But for certain passionate, ambitious, creative, and optimistic people, it is the first day of National Novel [...]

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