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  • On Writer Celebrity and Promo

    July 19, 2010 38
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    This is just a stream of thought that doesn’t go anywhere.  Read at your own risk. Occasionally people refer to Gordon and me as celebrities, which just makes me laugh.  There is writer celebrity and there is actual celebrity.  Writers are celebrities only under very controlled conditions, like during a convention or at the signing. …

  • On Writing, Revising As You Go

    July 19, 2010 7
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    J. asks: “Do you revise as you write or after?  How much revision do you do?” I usually do sentence level revision as I write, because I don’t always hit the right word. The Casino smelled of undeath. During tech, the Casino still smelled of undeath. During tech, the Casino stank of vampires. Even in…