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When your story is accepted for publication, your editor might ask you for a photo to run along with the piece. He may want an image that helps illustrate your story—a picture of the desert landscape that inspires you, for example—or a snapshot...
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Recently I wrote an essay that I wanted to run by a few good readers so I could find out which parts weren't working. Before I had anyone else read it, I spent a good amount of time reading and rereading it, revising and tinkering. Finally, I was...
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Work has been extra busy at The Writer this week as associate editor Sarah Lange and I complete space-fitting and last reads on some two dozen articles that will be part of a stand-alone book called The Writer's Guide to Getting Published , which...
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Looking for a good, last-minute beach read before summer disappears? I've got a great recommendation for you: grab Swedish author Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (number three on the New York Times bestseller list of trade paperback...
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Our staff was saddened to hear of the recent death of one of our longtime contributors and a member of The Writer 's Editorial Board, William G. Tapply. (His Web site, www.williamgtapply.com , offers links to two detailed obituaries in Boston newspapers...
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I'm headed to Fish Creek, Wis., for a four-day getaway, something I do two or three times a year. Fish Creek is located in Door County, the "thumb" of land that juts into Lake Michigan some three hours north of Milwaukee. Marketing people...
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When I think of devouring a good book, I have never thought about actually eating it. But to my surprise, edible book shows are taking place across the country and around the world. If you haven't already heard of them, edible books are a delicious...
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We've discussed here and in the magazine how challenging it is to get people to read books—and to buy them—in this millennium. Everyone seems to crave more time, and old media must compete with new media for the little free time we have...
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Couldn't resist the urge to read more about Truman Capote after seeing the film Capote —and its superb, Oscar-winning performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman in the title role—for the second time recently. Specifically, I was interested...
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I mentioned earlier in this space that I've been buying and reading out-of-print books on Thomas Mann—letters, criticism, autobiographies and reflections by his various children (many of who were famous in their own right). Alibris and Abebooks...
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There's nothing to excite the soul of a reader like a list of books just waiting to be read. I know I've mentioned my love of lists before, but I just have to point out one that I've discovered that I think is the cat's meow: FlashlightWorthyBooks...
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