Tag: novel
member name: Kenneth R. Besser
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July 26, 2007 04:21 PM EDT --
Like most children his age, Thayne Davidson Miller, III, often said he hated his very existence. He didn't really hate it, but he didn't love it either. Thayne enjoyed some big advantages . . .
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August 29, 2007 09:52 PM EDT --
Anyone who's been near me recently knows I have lately become a big fan of "The Donald." Maass, that is, the New York literary uber agent; not the New York real estate one with the . . .
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August 31, 2007 11:19 AM EDT --
“Your opening scene was vivid,” The Donald wrote in his reply letter passing on my request that he represent my novel, Hollow Vengeance, “but that was not enough for me to keep turning . . .
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August 12, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
As an entirely unexpected surprise recently, I received an e-mail telling me Writer's Digest was making rebroadcasts of select sessions from the Pre-BEA Writer's Conference available to . . .
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August 24, 2007 06:28 AM EDT --
After thirty years of being happily married to the same wonderful person and 111 kid-years of being a parent of six practically perfect children, few things phase me anymore. I thought I had pretty . . .
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September 06, 2007 04:07 PM EDT --
Authors who publish their first books have a tendency to treat them like firstborn children. They take photographs of their contract signing meetings with their agents and more pics at the even better . . .
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September 09, 2007 05:00 PM EDT --
Every story is set in a time and place and fixing them strongly in the minds of readers is a large part of making your writing a breakout novel. In the fourth chapter of his book, Writing the . . .
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September 20, 2007 11:25 AM EDT --
As we have said before, great stories are comprised of great premises involving great people, in grand places, doing wonderful things. All of these things are very important, but at some times . . .
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August 23, 2007 08:33 PM EDT --
I continue to enjoy reading books on how to write better.
In his book, Writing the Breakout Novel, and his seminars based thereon, uber agent Donald Maass somewhat dismisses the value of reviews by asking . . .
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September 04, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
Donald Maass's twenty-page chapter on stakes in Writing the Breakout Novel can be distilled down to four affirmative words, make the reader care. In order to do that, unless your first draft is miraculously . . .
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September 06, 2007 06:50 AM EDT --
Our friend, The Donald, is a big stakes eater, if you pay any attention at all to the third chapter of his book, Writing the Breakout Novel. To quote Maass, who makes the same point he admits many . . .
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July 25, 2007 07:46 PM EDT --
The sound of his keys jingling against the black leather pants protector attached to his belt preceded him down the hall. Jennifer hid her head under her pillow to avoid hearing it in the hope . . .
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July 16, 2007 06:39 PM EDT --
I have fond memories of Arkansas. My father and his five sibs were all born in the two bedroom house attached to the hardware store that used to be located at 5201 Asher Avenue in Little Rock.
I briefly . . .
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July 18, 2007 08:13 PM EDT --
Chapter 1:
Sofia Beron cried herself awake in the morning, alone in her kitchen . . .
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July 18, 2007 08:10 PM EDT --
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