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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Craft Note: A Dictum for Sheer Fiction

January 7, 2012

One dictum I coined to keep my writing on track is this: Do things in prose the Hollywood machine cannot …

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Craft Note: Working at Half-Sentence Level

January 6, 2012

This week I’ve been busy cutting, honing, and polishing a chapter of Housebreaking the Muse. The editor of a well-regarded …

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Anastasopoulos and Milletti Talk Paul West on Word Patriots

January 4, 2012

The dynamic writing duo Dimitri Anastasopoulos and Christina Milletti join Mark Seinfelt this week to discuss the work of Paul …

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Housebreaking the Muse: Major Surgery

January 3, 2012

309 Days Remaining … This post reports my recent progress on Housebreaking the Muse and describes some major reworking to …

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Housebreaking the Muse: Driving to the Finish in 2012

January 1, 2012

There are deadlines, and there are deadlines. All of us face an ultimate deadline we (sadly or happily, depending on …

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