amwriting – Page 3 – Geoff Palmer

Cover creation gone weird

This seems appropriate after yesterday’s Isaac Asimov quote since Asimov cut his teeth writing for pulp magazines with covers like[…]

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“From my close observation of writers … they fall into two groups: those who bleed copiously and visibly at any[…]

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Back in 2010, a survey of book buying behaviour in the US returned the following figures: Author reputation 52% Personal[…]

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The longest word in the English language is a whisker under 190,000 letters long and would take over an hour[…]

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“Anatidaephobia: the fear that somewhere in the world, a duck or a goose is watching you. Not attacking or touching,[…]

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Ultimately, we all have to decide for ourselves what constitutes failure, but the world is quite eager to give you[…]

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A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it. Don DeLillo

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In late December 2005, J K Rowling’s original website, jkrowling.com, contained the following message: Until very recently, JKRowling.com was a[…]

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Write the kind of story you would like to read. People will give you all sorts of advice about writing,[…]

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