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Answering questions from an aspiring writer

By Bev Vincent, on October 17th, 2011

I recently agreed to be interviewed by a college undergrad for one of her classes. Their assignment was to interview someone working in a career that interested them. Since that interview won’t see the light of day outside of the student’s class, I thought I would post it here in lieu of my usual blatherings.

What [...]

Ch-ch-ch-changes

By Bev Vincent, on October 17th, 2010

An old dog contemplates trying out a new trick: using a new program for working on a [...]

How far would you go for a critique?

By Bev Vincent, on September 17th, 2010

Lessons learned in the past concerning critique groups, and a new journey with another [...]

The Tangled Web We Weave

By Bev Vincent, on June 17th, 2010

Creating the second draft of a novel can involve delictately altering the original story or it may require radical [...]

Lost in Translation

By Bev Vincent, on May 17th, 2010

Bev Vincent discusses the work of a translator with Tullio Dobner, who has been translating novels into Italian for over four [...]

The Agent Panel

By Bev Vincent, on April 17th, 2010

A number of years ago, I was sitting on the deck of the local Irish pub on a Friday evening after work. This isn’t something I do often–my wife was out of town at a conference. The ambient noise was high from the combination of raucous drinkers and traffic on the nearby interstate.

My cell phone [...]

Revision, and How it Changes a Fella…

By David Niall Wilson, on February 1st, 2010

I started a novel back at the beginning of November. I wrote well beyond the required fifty thousand words required for Nanowrimo and the annual challenge, and sometime in January, I finished. The book came in between 80,000 and 90,000 words. I immediately set it aside. I don’t know how many know or remember, but [...]

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