I have an ace up my sleeve. Now that I am back in the saddle, I want to go back to the drawing board and work on the case of mistaken identity. I am willing to spend countless hours to give a down to earth description of what’s going on in the area with an ear to the ground! You get the idea, I am sure. I have used a long list of clichés!
Publishing a Novel
September 23, 2010
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Did you know that publishing a book is the second highest goal in the United States? I am still in the category of being one among many who has this goal. Which makes me proud that shortly, I shall become a published author. My debut novel “It Can’t Be You” is being published by Cedar Books, imprint of Pustak Mahal, one of India’s largest publishers in a couple of months.
Great Dialogue!
September 11, 2010
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Every writer faces the challenge of writing engaging dialogue. Conversations in your story take it forward, explain many facts , bring out the speakers’ emotions and in general determine the pace of the story. Long winded conversations can put off the reader. Very cryptic ones can confuse them. How does one then write a great dialogue?
Editing Your Book
September 8, 2010
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If you thought writing your book was tough, you don’t know what editing can be like! It’s tough too- because there is always so much scope for improvement in our writing. Editing helps make our writing more interesting- and readable! More
It Can’t Be You
September 6, 2010
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Let me invite you to my blog dedicated to my first novel called IT CAN’T BE YOU.
I am thrilled that my first novel is complete. It’s roots go back to November 2009 when I wrote the first 50,000 words for the National Novel Writing Month popularly called NaNoWriMo.
Improving Your Writing
September 4, 2010
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Take pleasure in pointing you to some good tips on improving your writing . Today’s comes from Janice Hardy’s blog The Other Side of the Story. She writes of a tendency to repeat ourselves. I must say that, although inadvertently I am sure, we often underestimate the intelligence of our readers by stressing the obvious.