Posts Tagged ‘fiction’
Posted on August 30, 2010 - by Monica Valentinelli
Tribes and Our Role as a Writer
If you’ve been following my blog lately, you’ve probably read more about me than you have in a long time. While there’s a lot of reasons why I wanted to open up more, some of which will relate to my upcoming publications, there’s another one that I wanted to explain to you.
You see, even though [...]
Posted on March 17, 2010 - by Monica Valentinelli
Is Blogging and Social Media Affecting Your Ability to Write What You Want?
If you’ve been following my blog, you may have seen my earlier post about Write First, Sell Later where I express how I feel it’s important to separate your promotional time from your writing time.
One of the things that I’ve found is that a timer isn’t “enough” to discipline me to get off of social media or blogging channels to write, write, write. Why? Well, blogging requires one mindset for me; social media requires another. In many ways, blogging requires a “voice” which may vary depending upon the blog.
Posted on September 19, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
How the Publishing Industry is Evolving
This article entitled “Have We Reached the End of Book Publishing? spells out what I’ve suspected for so long and heard from some of my fellow writers — that the very nature of the way major publishers do business does not bode well for aspiring writers. Large, million-dollar advances taken on new authors spell doom [...]
Posted on August 21, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
Post-GenCon Sale! Tales of the Seven Dogs Society Fiction
Just wanted to share that we have some copies of Tales of the Seven Dogs Society leftover from GenCon: Indy that we will be selling for the publisher. The price retails for $12.95 and I will be more than happy to sign the book for you.
For more information about this collection of novellas, feel free [...]
Posted on August 5, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
Fiction Editing: the Do’s and Don’ts of Editing Professionally
Now that I have some time this week to post, I’m going to pick up where I left off when I was discussing editing. Recently, we’ve talked about what an editor does and what the difference is between content editing and copy editing. Now I’d like to talk specifically about fiction, because the fiction process [...]
Posted on April 15, 2008 - by Monica Valentinelli
Here’s What I’m Writing and Working On, How About You?
There are some exciting things in the pipe for me; I can’t say anything about my day job, but I’d like to share with you some of the creative and non-creative projects I’m working on to enhance my knowledge and continue writing.
Posted on June 17, 2007 - by Monica Valentinelli
About Me: Fiction Writing Update
If you’re interested in reading more about my own work, you can get the latest news about my fiction work, and a flash fiction piece, through my livejournal post. Read Monica Valentinelli’s Fiction Update.
Thanks for reading, and happy writing!
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