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Quote: John Updike

December 2, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Quotes

I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgement[…]

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Paraprosdokian

November 28, 2019 Geoff Fun

According to Groucho Marx, “Time flies like the wind, but fruit flies like bananas.” Marx was a master of paraprosdokian;[…]

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How to Beat “Synopsis Horror” and Quickly Summarise Your Book

November 27, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Publishing

How do you summarise your book in a couple of sentences? Impossible, right? You’ve written sixty-, seventy-, eighty-thousand words or[…]

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A Short List of Short Novels

November 26, 2019 Geoff For Readers, For Writers

According to Dean Wesley Smith, the 80,000 word (or longer) novel was an invention of Big Publishing. A typical novel[…]

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Quote: Isaac Asimov

November 25, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Quotes

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. Isaac Asimov As a kid, Asimov got his start reading science[…]

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Asimov: On hard work and writing

November 22, 2019 Geoff For Writers

Isaac Asimov, author of more than 500 books, and not just fiction – his non-fiction books appear in nine of[…]

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Dolly Parton’s indie deal

November 20, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Publishing

Despite her public persona, Dolly Parton is a savvy business-person, which probably explains a music career that’s now well into its sixth decade.

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Cross-eyed bears and friendly ants

November 19, 2019 Geoff Fun, Language

My late mother thought Gladly was rather a nice name for a bear, but as a child she could never[…]

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Quote: Mickey Spillane

November 19, 2019 Geoff For Writers, Quotes

The first page sells this book. The last page sells your next book. Mickey Spillane Frank Morrison Spillane, (1918-2006), better[…]

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Another publishing scam

November 15, 2019 Geoff Publishing, Scams

A few days ago, I received an enthusiastic email from a publisher I’d never heard of before. The phrasing is[…]

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