I write like…!

OK, this is a quick one, but it’s a lot of fun. An article today in the L.A. Times features a website called “I Write Like” where you can pop in a few paragraphs of text and discover which famous writer your style most resembles. I did it about ten times, selecting different sections from [...]

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Check it out! I’m on Patch!

I couldn’t help myself. The story was just too good not to share. Check out my brief chronicle of how my marriage survived a do-it-yourself construction project on Maplewood Patch: ‘Do It Yourself’ Can Do In Your Marriage–Or Do It Up.

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A Satirical Jab at Book Publicity Today

I fear this satirical jab at the reality of publicizing new books in this age of digital everything is all too familiar to those of us who’ve been through it or anticipate stepping into the fire again. Check it out, and try hard to laugh so you don’t start crying: Subject: Our Marketing Plan by [...]

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Other Beginnings

As an inverse response to my June 16 post, “Beginnings”, Chris Harder just sent me the 2009 winners in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest to write the worst opening sentence. Sometimes writing badly can be just as hard as writing well. (Well, let’s hope so, anyway!)

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