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Podcast: The Importance of Detail

With fiction/nonfiction writer Erin O'Brien, featuring guest host Alanna Klapp

Download and listen to "The Importance of Detail" here

Want to make your writing come alive? Infuse it with detail.

Erin O'Brien lives and works in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. She was born in 1965, became a wife in 1992 and a

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Podcast: Text Management for Writers #1, with guest host Ricardo Amigo

Download and listen to "Text Management for Writers #1" here

Guest host Ricardo Amigo begins a new series on text management tools for writers.

Host: Ricardo Amigo
Date: November 29, 2009
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Podcast: A Review of Chris Anderson's Free: The Future of a Radical Price

With Writing Show host Paula B.

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO OUR REVIEW OF CHRIS ANDERSON'S FREE HERE

This is our review of Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired.

Here is the text of the review

Chris Anders

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Added by Paula Berinstein on November 8, 2009 at 8:38am — No Comments

Podcast: Halloween Ghast Fest: "Crosshair," by Scott Middlemist

With Scott Middlemist, author of "Crosshair"

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "CROSSHAIR" HERE

Scott Middlemist's short story "Crosshair" is one of two we selected for our 2009 Halloween ghast fest.

"A sniper mistakenly kills two boys in Iraq and their ghosts seek revenge."

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Podcast: The Wit and Wisdom of Hollywood Writer Bill Grundfest

With Bill Grundfest, writer/producer of "Mad About You" and many other TV shows

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This is a different kind of show that was never intended to be a show at all. “Mad About You” writer/producer Bill Grundfest had approached me about publicizing his Write Like A Pro workshops

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Added by Paula Berinstein on October 11, 2009 at 8:55am — No Comments

Podcast: Writing History

With Nelson Johnson, author of Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "WRITING HISTORY" HERE

This week's guest spent two de

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Added by Paula Berinstein on October 4, 2009 at 10:48am — 1 Comment

Podcast: Writing Memoir

With Deanna R. Adams, author of Confessions of a Not-so-Good Catholic Girl, featuring guest host Alanna Klapp

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "WRITING MEMOIR" HERE

Memoir has become hugely popular in the last few years. In this episode of The Writing Show, guest host Alanna Klapp and author Deanna R. Adams explore some of

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Added by Paula Berinstein on September 27, 2009 at 10:51am — No Comments

Podcast: Tax Tips for Writers

With Brigitte A. Thompson, author of Bookkeeping Basics for Freelance Writers

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "TAX TIPS FOR WRITERS" HERE

See a flip book overview of Brigitte's book here

This week's guest discusses how writers who pay taxes in

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Added by Paula Berinstein on September 20, 2009 at 9:41am — No Comments

Podcast: Ancient Greek Novels?!

With classics scholar Aaron Horton

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "ANCIENT GREEK NOVELS" HERE

The ancient Greeks wrote novels? You betcha, and they're anything but tame. In this rather unusual episode of The Writing Show, classics scholar Aaron Horton discusses the most influential of them: Aethiopica by Heliodorus, which influen

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Added by Paula Berinstein on September 6, 2009 at 9:39am — No Comments

Podcast: A Tribute to Blake Snyder

With some of Blake's friends, colleagues, and students

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO OUR TRIBUTE TO BLAKE HERE

Screenwriting guru Blake Snyder died on August 4th. This is our tribute to him.

There was no one in the world like Blake. He helped so many people become better writers. He was always upbe

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Added by Paula Berinstein on August 23, 2009 at 9:37am — No Comments

Podcast: Writing Graphic Novels, with Matt Maxwell, author of Strangeways: Murder Moon


With Matt Maxwell, author of Strangeways: Murder Moon

Photo of Matt Maxwell by Laura "Tegan" Gjovaag. The troll's name is Torvald.

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO WRITING GRAPHIC NOVELS MP3 HERE

It's about time we got to graphic novels, and what better place to start than with Matt Maxwell's Strangeways: M

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Added by Paula Berinstein on August 16, 2009 at 9:49am — No Comments

Podcast: Ebooks, the State of the Art

With David Rothman, editor/publisher of TeleRead.org

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "EBOOKS: THE STATE OF THE ART" HERE

David Rothman is one of the world's foremost authorities on ebooks. Please join us as he discusses issues of importance to authors, publishers, and consumers.

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Added by Paula Berinstein on July 19, 2009 at 10:11am — No Comments

Podcast: Writing Fiction, with Thrity Umrigar, featuring guest host Alanna Klapp


With Thrity Umrigar, author of The Weight of Heaven and other novels, featuring guest host Alanna Klapp

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO THRITY UMRIGAR MP3 HERE

Writing Show guest host Alanna Klapp discusses writing fiction with author Thrity Umrigar.

A journalist for seventeen years, Thrity Umrig

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Added by Paula Berinstein on July 5, 2009 at 9:45am — No Comments

Podcast: Writing Fiction, with David Rothman


With David Rothman, author of the political novel The Solomon Scandals

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION WITH DAVID ROTHMAN" MP3 HERE

David Rothman investigated corruption in the U.S. government 30 years ago, but it took that long for his fictionalized version of events and peopl

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Podcast: How Writing Changed My Life #1

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With authors Melissa Mendelson, Mike Plested, and David Silva

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Added by Paula Berinstein on June 7, 2009 at 10:35am — No Comments

Podcast: Announcing The Writing Show 2009 Halloween Short Story Contest

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With Writing Show host Paula B.

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO OUR HALLOWEEN SHORT STORY CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT HERE

Writing Show host Paula B. announces our 2009 Halloween short story contest.

Host: Paula B.
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Added by Paula Berinstein on June 2, 2009 at 1:16pm — No Comments

Podcast: How to Write When You Don't Have Time

With Writing Show host Paula B. and listener Dharma Kelleher

Paula B., left; Dharma Kelleher, right

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "HOW TO WRITE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME" HERE

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Added by Paula Berinstein on March 22, 2009 at 10:34am — No Comments

Podcast: Special Recession Show: How to Survive on a Teacher's Salary

With Danny Kofke, author of How To Survive (and perhaps thrive) on a Teacher's Salary

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO DANNY KOFKE MP3 HERE

This week's guest didn't mean for his book to be so timely: it just turned out that way. Even if you're not a teacher, his common-sense financial tips are well worth a look.

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Added by Paula Berinstein on March 8, 2009 at 10:55am — No Comments

Podcast: The Two Types of Heroes

With screenwriter Blake Snyder

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO "THE TWO TYPES OF HEROES" HERE

In this commentary, Blake explains that there are only two types of heroes.

In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing "Blank Check," which became a hit for Di

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Added by Paula Berinstein on March 1, 2009 at 11:28am — No Comments

Podcast: Five Essential Rules for Writing Nonfiction

With editor/author Cynthia Clampitt

DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN TO CYNTHIA CLAMPITT MP3 HERE

Highly experienced editor Cynthia Clampett discusses her five rules for writing nonfiction and offers up some amazing horror stories of writers gone wrong.

Cynthia Clampitt is a freelance writer, culinary historian

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Added by Paula Berinstein on February 22, 2009 at 10:08am — No Comments

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I'm over at a few other blogs today. If you get a chance, come on over to see the Christmas Decorations at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/

At http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/  the topic is Spoiled Milk. Ever sit down to read a good book and been disappointed?

If you haven't yet, check out the post below about the Paper War.

Thanks,
Morgan Mandel

Paper War

I've been waging a war on paper the last few days. So far, paper is winning. The more I clean up, the more of it I find. The problem is, for much of it, I feel an obligation to do a thorough examination and decide whether or not it's worth keeping.

The mailperson is my enemy. He, sometimes she, keeps leaving more paper in my mail box. I'm not talking about my Christmas cards, which I cherish, but all the other stuff dropped off for me to sort out. At times it's torture to come home and see the new pile the DH has set on the kitchen table.

I've discovered tons of magazines over a year old. They were trying to hide in a magazine holder on the side of the couch, but not doing a good job of it, since they were spilling over. Of course, I decided to check the headings on the covers to see if some of the information inside might prove valuable. Wouldn't you know it, I was right. Many articles seemed to good to give up.

I've already mentioned here before about how I also have a compulsion to print out emails that seem important to me. The result is I have lots of important pieces of paper. When there's an abundance, which is the most important? And, where's the one I really need? It is a quandary.

What about you? Is paper your enemy? Are you also waging a war against it? Who is winning?

Library Displays - See Make Mine Mystery Monday

Have you tried a library display? If you want to see mine, come on over to Make Mine Mystery on Monday.

Thanks,
Morgan

Christmas Card Blues Is Up at Un:Bound Today

Hi Gang,
 I've written a short Christmas story which is being featured at Un:Bound today.
You may be able to relate to some of it.

I'd appreciate your going over to look and leave a comment.
Thanks,
Morgan

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