Tag: writing
member name: ~Sia McKye~
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October 28, 2009 12:43 PM EDT --
Illustration by N. C. Wyeth
As a writer, we often feel like Robinson Crusoe. Alone and adrift. But we don't have to be like him with all the resources available . . .
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September 19, 2007 12:12 PM EDT --
Thank you all.
I wanted to take a moment to thank all of you who took the time out of your busy schedules to read so many of the wonderful stories in this contest. Many had to step . . .
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February 10, 2009 09:23 PM EST --
I’ve heard it said, and no doubt you have too, that to write emotion you first have to feel it. Author blogs and writing books will tell you all sorts of things. Write what you know, write what . . .
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March 10, 2009 09:18 PM EDT --
I read a number of blogs. One blog I regularly read is written by an agent. On this particular occasion there was an informal discussion going on between several agents and editors, chatting about . . .
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October 14, 2009 11:19 AM EDT --
Everyone seems to be editing his or her MS right now. I hear crows of delight when three thousand words have been cut and cheers as the words continue falling “to the floor”. Odes are written . . .
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February 15, 2009 10:07 PM EST --
Mondays and Wednesdays I will be featuring Over Coffee Blog. Over Coffee shares the laughter, glitches, triumphs, and fun writers and authors face in pursuit of . . .
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June 03, 2009 01:59 PM EDT --
Every Monday and Wednesday Over Coffee http://siamckye.blogspot.com/
Over Coffee shares the laughter, glitches, triumphs, and fun writers and authors face in pursuit of their ambition . . .
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September 29, 2009 01:16 PM EDT --
We know what genre we write but do you know your brand as a writer/author?
Recently, as friend and I had a rather lively discussion about this over drinks. Honestly, I hadn’t thought . . .
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October 26, 2008 03:33 PM EDT --
I’m a reflective person by nature. I think about many things in life. Look for lessons and ways to make things better for me and mine. To me, life is like . . .
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October 29, 2008 12:30 PM EDT --
Your book is published, either by a traditional publisher, or a POD publisher, now what? How do we build a reader base? How do we get our name out there? Even if you don’t have a book published yet, . . .
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January 28, 2009 12:35 AM EST --
~Sia McKye~
Laughter isn't just the best medicine -- it's life's saving grace.
Laughter is the ultimate stress buster during hard times. When times . . .
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May 22, 2009 02:15 PM EDT --
Win a signed copy of In Over Her Head
Gather’s own Judi Fennell, who was a finalist in First Chapters contest and First Chapter Romance writing contest, is . . .
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January 30, 2009 06:02 PM EST --
I’ve only gotten serious about my writing the last couple of years. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve done a lot of writing in my life for articles, seminars, radio, newspapers, and industry . . .
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July 22, 2009 02:43 AM EDT --
My guest Over Coffee is award winning author, Vincent Zandri. Zandri’s writing has been described as “poignant and shocking” with “depth and substance, wickedness and compassion.” . . .
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September 10, 2007 12:16 PM EDT --
Most Gather members know that Gather has a writing contest currently running. First Chapters Romance Contest for unpublished authors. No doubt many of you have already been asked to review . . .
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November 14, 2008 02:05 PM EST --
Feeling Good--What works for you? How do you set it up?
We all have things that make us feel good; things, which bring us, comfort, or lift our heart. Maybe it’s a snatch of . . .
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April 09, 2009 05:07 PM EDT --
In the course of researching various things I came across something on getting the feel of the flow of a story, finding the bones of a story and by doing so, find out how a popular book on . . .
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July 09, 2009 04:44 PM EDT --
" If you don't go out on a limb, you may never see the view. "
As a group we are full of accomplishments. We've done a lot this year. So I figured let's have a thread on sharing things . . .
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September 01, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
I don’t know about you, but my hotmail is full of unread e-mails, ditto on my Yahoo, my gather box is also full of requests to read others stories, and my eyes are blurring because I have read the . . .
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February 04, 2009 10:03 PM EST --
We all have things that make us feel good; things, which bring us, comfort, or lift our heart. Maybe it’s a snatch of song, the scent of cookies baking, watching kittens play, the sound of a . . .
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