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  1. Just checked -- Greyhound Singing is on kindle! 6:27 PM Feb 10th, 2011 via web
  2. The other ways to screw up your first pages: Okay, a quick review. In the first few paragraphs of your manuscript,... http://bit.ly/ddgSxl 10:00 AM Aug 1st, 2010 via twitterfeed
  3. Selling blue pigs: Sell the small details, sell the big world. NOT the other way around. This is closely akin to... http://bit.ly/bO0DgM 10:00 AM Jul 31st, 2010 via twitterfeed
  4. Creating the world and reader identification.: Work with facts, not conclusions. Focus on your sensory details. R... http://bit.ly/cnlh5e 10:00 AM Jul 30th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  5. More on the "As you know, Admiral," mistake: The “As you know, Admiral,” syndrome is quite common in technothrille... http://bit.ly/cEWlBf 6:30 AM Jul 30th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  6. : Second, the world has to be immediate. It’s got to be all right there, humming along and working at the moment t... http://bit.ly/cVbxv6 10:01 AM Jul 28th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  7. Techniques for Suspending Disbelief: First, create complete worlds, not partial ones. You can’t sell the world if ... http://bit.ly/d6WZYK 10:00 AM Jul 27th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  8. Final Thoughts on Reader Identification: A few final pointers. First, defer a physical description of the characte... http://bit.ly/ccFJTo 10:02 PM Jul 26th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  9. What your character REALLY thinks.: Remember, we're still on creating reader identification. Think about this now.... http://bit.ly/dsaAgW 6:34 PM Jul 25th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  10. Being a weirdo and reader identification: Bring up that weird thing that you think is so odd no one will ever iden... http://bit.ly/bnUHoz 10:00 AM Jul 24th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  11. Pyrrhic Victories: Second technique for reader identification: set up one of those strange contradictions of being... http://bit.ly/bwgmkh 10:00 AM Jul 23rd, 2010 via twitterfeed
  12. Commonality Creates Reader Identification.: State that common human quality or experience up front as a hook in yo... http://bit.ly/bWrLeB 10:00 AM Jul 22nd, 2010 via twitterfeed
  13. Creating Reader Identification: Don’t confuse reader identification with creating likable characters. That’s one w... http://bit.ly/9IFegL 10:11 AM Jul 21st, 2010 via twitterfeed
  14. Three ways to hook a reader: • Explosion: The DaVinci Code. Strong verbs, violence, action, set up the exotic loca... http://bit.ly/aWt5sm 10:00 AM Jul 20th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  15. The first three paragraphs of your novel: Within the first three paragraphs of your manuscript, you must: 1. hook... http://bit.ly/am3aRk 10:26 AM Jul 19th, 2010 via twitterfeed
  16. A first paragraph template: At some point, someone's going to accuse me of being formulaic. How exactly is that di... http://bit.ly/bFAwbK 6:10 PM Jul 18th, 2010 via twitterfeed
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