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YesIWriteBooks

  1. Write, write, write. Edit, edit, edit. Learn, learn, learn. Write more. Edit, edit, edit. Learn, learn, learn. Repeat. #amwriting #amediting
  2. Really enjoying @kmweiland 's "Outlining Your Novel: Mapping Your Way to Success," nice to here another #writer talk about this topic.
  3. Great quote from Hugo and Nebula Award winner Oron Scott Card. #writers take note. #amreading amzn.com/k/JKXZBTYJBKLY #Kindle
  4. #writers: Did you catch Arthur Krystal's excellent article on the necessity of mainstream and genre fiction in this week's New Yorker?
  5. youtube.com/watch?v=O5RE4X… Interesting interview with my coauthor for MY TWO CHINAS @BaiqiaoCh and Cgrsmn. Chris Smith; FFWD to 1:48 for English
  6. A #writing philosophy I espouse: regular work pays dividends. Even 2 hours of time set aside each day can open the door to your imagination.
  7. #Writers: July 30-Aug 3, come to Sentences 4, A Conference on Writing Prose, check out the people you'll work with: depts.drew.edu/grad/summer12/
  8. #writers, today's recommendation: read Maile Meloy's remarkable short story "The Proxy Marriage" in this week's New Yorker. Great stuff.
  9. When you find yourself geeking out over backstory, you know the story has sunk its hooks into you. Good times. #Amwriting #fiction
  10. amazon.com/dp/0762770473/… ThenKindle version for my latest non-fiction collaboration was just released. Download a copy of Fat Kid Got Fit.
  11. My typical career work hours breakdown: 10% compose/ 60% edit / 10% business / 20% marketing. And another 50 % reading. ...How much is that?
  12. Qualities I look to instill in almost everything I #amwriting: humor, compassion, dignity, farce, outrage, valor, more humor, m/compassion.
  13. Great day giving a seminar for the Graduate Students Association at #drewuniversity. All about #publishing #Amwriting #amediting #amazon.
  14. And here we have it. Or do we? #amwriting #authors #amediting theatlantic.com/business/archi…
  15. Huh. Never read Ayn Rand before. amzn.com/k/12D53ETJIRY5U #Kindle
  16. findings.com/author/34029-D… Wow, this #actor really liked The Actor's Art and Craft. Me, too! #theater #film #television
  17. It's tough when an editor says they want the first chapter rewritten. Much tougher when you hear their suggestions and know they're right.
  18. So many #books, so little time. I'm feel a bit like Flaubert, minus the Prussian soldiers occupying his house. We have cats instead.
  19. Spent the past two days binging on old Peter Gabriel albums. Brilliant musician, and a sophisticated employer of Percussion & bagpipes.