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Back into the Fray
Back to real life. Real life isn’t nearly as fun as sitting around in St. George, writing. Well, sometimes it’s fun, but not today. Monday after a week off . . . I’ll leave the rest to your imagination. The real trick is to keep writing. Even after a long day of work, laundry, my
Read MoreDay 6
Today, on our day of parting, we talked a little bit about goals. Not personal, life goals, but the goals that we, as authors, should set for each book. I confess to some confusion when Dave Farland first mentioned this. Duh, goals include: write novel, get an agent, get money, publish novel, rinse . .
Read MoreDay 5
Today Dave Farland talked to us about publishing our first book. This guy doesn’t think small. Dave Farland encouraged us today to go big. Don’t sell your first novel to a small publisher just because you’re so excited to be published that you can’t wait a few months for one more round on the manuscript.
Read MoreDay 3
This morning Dave Farland told us some great stories about his experiences (all of them horrible) in Hollywood. Either he has the worst luck ever, or he spun a tale so well that we all bought it. I mean really, who can put the Chinese government, Russians, the Italian Mob, the CIA, an author and
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