A Beautiful Student, Trouble for a Teacher

Posted on Jun 24, 2011 in Blog | 1 comment Robert Bausch – seasoned writer and beloved teacher of writing, has just published a heartfelt novel about a teacher becoming overly involved with a beautiful female student who has a reputation for trouble. What kind of trouble? Well, that’s the story. I spoke with Bob about writing his latest book, In The Fall They Come Back. It’s his seventh book, BTW. I’ve included a list of his...
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Can Two Writers Create Together?

Posted on Jun 13, 2011 in Blog | 4 comments Hi There Noveletters: If you’ve ever wondered if writing could be a collaborative effort, or if you could even find a compatible writing partner, here are two writers who can say, been there, done that. And happily. In this guest post straight from the pens of Liz and Lisa (check out their fab site chicklitisnotdead.com) you’ll learn just how a fiction partnership can work to write a...
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Some Thoughts On Book Reviews

Posted on May 5, 2011 in Blog | 3 comments Yesterday was a great sales day for one of my books (currently I have three available). By the evening I was feeling pretty darned jazzed about it. So click I went to check its Amazon ranking and kaboom, two swift shots zinged by my head almost knocking me out of my computer chair. What happened? Reviews, that’s what happened. Two one-stars one atop the other sitting there scorning me with...
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What The Tide Brings

Posted on May 1, 2011 in Blog | 0 comments I went down to the dock yesterday. It was beautiful, clear and crisp, not hot, just lovely. Everywhere you look there’s bright new green with spots of happy color where patches of azaleas surprise the eye. Soon the rhododendron will bloom. I can already see deep magenta buds plumping out. After they burst open, the laurels will begin. They’re just the opposite of the rhodies. Not big and...
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But How Do You Make Money?

Posted on Apr 26, 2011 in Blog | 2 comments My Blog is only one day old and already I’m getting questions from other writers. Here’s what one writer wants to know: I’m wondering if I’m about ready to talk seriously about self publishing. I’ve started thinking about it more after reading an article about how the really inexpensive books get downloaded more. How do you make a profit if you sell a digital...
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The Hummingbirds Are Back

Posted on Apr 25, 2011 in Blog | 7 comments At 8 this morning I was outside to meet the mulch delivery truck. Willy was driving today. It’s an older dump truck that holds about fifty yards. Retail places like nurseries sell  mulch by the cubic yard but I get mine from a tree company that has huge piles of hardwood mulch in various stages of decomposition. The freshest hardwood mulch takes a long time to turn into soil and the kind I...
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