Tag: writing
member name: Anthony Samuel P.
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August 17, 2007 12:08 PM EDT --
Ever since I read David Morrell's fascinating article Lessons from a Lifetimeof Writing on Backspace I couldn't get the question out of my head, whydoes anyone write?
He basically says . . .
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February 16, 2009 03:30 PM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
Sometimes you just want to smack someone on the side of the head and say, “What sa madda wit you!”
This is how I feel about the Authors Guild claim that . . .
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June 27, 2007 04:05 PM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
After my interview with first time novelist Patry Francis, author of The Liar's Diary, I realized that she like many hopeful writers has gone through similar experiences. . . .
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January 21, 2008 02:09 PM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
I recently read in The New York Times Rachel Donadio's essay on how Elie Wiesel's NIGHT, a Holocaust memoir, was rejected by 15 publishers, ignored . . .
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January 06, 2008 01:08 PM EST --
If you have a blog and would like to help fellow writer and gather member Patry Francis fulfill a lifelong dream, please help us support her by mentioning her in your blog and encouraging readers . . .
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March 01, 2007 04:28 PM EST --
Hello,
Get a pre-published look at my medical suspense novel, Absence of Faith. Before it is published, I need your help on gauging its appeal and your reactions. Take a look and feel free to write anything . . .
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March 03, 2007 10:36 AM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
Ok, after several months or years of hard work, your novel is complete. You’ve proofread it several times, your spouse, relatives, friends, and maybe some professionals . . .
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March 10, 2007 08:40 PM EST --
Writing has been something I always did no matter where the winds of life took me. I always wrote. It could be a paragraph here or there, an idea for a new piece of technology or how I felt about a particular . . .
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April 25, 2007 10:51 AM EDT --
Ever wonder what literary agents prefer: an email or snail mail query for your novel or manuscript? I’ve expanded my earlier article, “Desperately Seeking an Agent” and have interviews . . .
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February 01, 2008 08:40 PM EST --
I just received this email from Karen Dionne of Backspace and one of the wonderful people who helped organize THE LIAR'S DIARY BLOG DAY on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
"In the end, very nearly 400 . . .
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June 18, 2009 05:40 PM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
Simon & Schuster will now sell its most popular titles as eBooks on Scribd.com . Great news! A major publishing house is going digital.
But they are doomed to . . .
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January 01, 2008 09:27 PM EST --
I've noticed there are lots of articles in writer's magazines and on blogs about getting back to writing now that the holiday season is winding down.
Yes, Virginia, it is a busy time, but . . .
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June 15, 2008 02:15 PM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
If you have written a book, you can now post it on Amazon's Kindle eBook reader for free. A simple four-step process is all it takes and within 12 to 72 hours your book . . .
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December 26, 2008 11:50 AM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
At sixteen I knew I wanted to be a novelist . But when I sat down to start my book, the page remained blank. Writer's block at sixteen? Hardly. My pages remained . . .
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June 02, 2009 10:58 PM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
The New York Times reported over the weekend that Google has announced that it will sell ebooks to consumers - competing directly with Amazon.
The Times reported, . . .
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May 13, 2007 11:21 AM EDT --
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I am now offering Absence of Faith FREE as a download. So if you wanted to read the rest of the story now you can. Just download the entire book for FREE from the Publisher's . . .
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December 14, 2008 12:36 PM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
I thought I would re-post this piece on the classic film " It's a Wonderful Life " from last year. The film aired on NBC TV Saturday night (12/13/2008) . . .
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February 04, 2009 01:48 PM EST --
By Anthony S. Policastro
The Jenkins Group, an independent publishing services company, says four out of five people they surveyed said they believe they have a book to write. Even fewer . . .
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August 29, 2009 12:42 AM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
I recently attended a friend of mine's book launch and signing at a local coffee house here in Raleigh, NC and I found it highly successful. Martin Brossman , the . . .
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April 19, 2008 12:27 PM EDT --
By Anthony S. Policastro
It's one of America's well-kept secrets - cyber attacks. No longer the pranks of computer whiz kids it is now the new espionage of the 21st Century.
Hacking . . .
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