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Bill
Dec 20, 20202 min read
Editing Your Novel: Stern Advice
Subtitle: Fear of Finalizing, Led't's see if I can get through this post cleanly. Newbies as we are, I'm sure we're all conversant with...
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Bill
Aug 282 min read
A Wowser of a New Novel
A wowser of a recent book I've read is Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. The book is both brilliant and compelling. When...
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Bill
Aug 42 min read
GETTING REVIEWS
I'd heard somewhere that someone had the idea that art's purpose is to evoke strong feelings, so I asked ChatGPT about it. Yes, they/it...
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Bill
Jun 182 min read
Another Next New Novel
Will be published in next month or so. Above is the front cover, and here's a draft of back cover verbiage: A troubled doctor, an...
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Bill
Mar 172 min read
Fun Writing Novels
I'm in a phase where I'm reminded of how much fun writing can be. That implies writing has its share of drudgery. To wit, Saving Julian,...
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Bill
Dec 14, 20233 min read
Next New Novel Published
Why hasn't a blog appeared on this website appeared in a while? Writers' note. From Merriam Webster: Most grammarians feel...
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Bill
Jun 29, 20232 min read
Novel Writing: Craft Details
So many ways to make a novel, but the basic tools and building materials, except as used by those more experienced than us, should be...
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Bill
Jan 4, 20234 min read
Finishing a Novel and Artificial Intelligence
For those of you who've landed here thinking I finished my second novel using AI--wrong. Sorry. Maybe next time. And "finish" is not the...
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Bill
Oct 21, 20227 min read
New Novel Coming: Book 2 in NICU Series
Four months since last blog post? Shameless! Why the hiatus? Two things. Learning advertising for first novel with some success. Sales...
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Bill
Jun 3, 20223 min read
Author Hall of Shame
Folks, I've got to tell you I've been busted for the crime of the century. Plagiarism?--nope. Procrastination?--not busted yet on this...
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Bill
Apr 25, 20228 min read
What To Do When You Don't Feel Like Writing
Still contending with Covid that takes the world back all the way to flu epidemic in the early 1900's, and a psychotic attack on Ukraine...
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Bill
Mar 7, 202219 min read
Really Good Writing
In this now almost two year old series of posts on the craft, feelings, costs, benefits, advice, etc involved with writing a new novel,...
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Bill
Jan 31, 20223 min read
The Right To Write And/Or Being Woke
A few years ago, a novel I wrote found an agent. I know. A miracle. But that's only the start of this story. The agent worked with me for...
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Bill
Jan 23, 20223 min read
Writing Fiction: Status Report for New Novel(s)
For New Readers: This website, newnovelstory.com, has been up and running (meandering?) for about two years now, sadly coexisting with...
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Bill
Dec 2, 202111 min read
Real Writing Finally
Enough with ads! Editing! Money! Writers write, and while I should be working on the next novel, I thought I'd share a fun bagatelle....
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Bill
Nov 28, 20212 min read
Seventy Blogs About Writing
Just a review, mainly for me. What I see is a lot of stuff about the business of writing this summer and less about actual writing. So...
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Bill
Nov 12, 20211 min read
Price for Novel Slashed
Don't get too excited. Only for the novel, BabyDoe, the Amazon Kindle version price been has been halved. The trade paperback price has...
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Bill
Nov 7, 20212 min read
Less Than Honest Biomedical Research
As some of you devoted readers know, Baby Doe, recently published, (and available here) is the first in a series of novels featuring my...
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Bill
Oct 3, 20218 min read
Writers on Writing
"The things you remember have no form. When you write about them, you have to give them a beginning, a middle and an end. To give life...
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Bill
Sep 23, 202112 min read
Enough About Money-Back to Writing
What you avid readers of these posts may not realize is that this neophyte novelist has also long ago published some short stories, some...
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