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Introverts and Extroverts and the relationship to Writers and Marketing

An author friend of mine (Bob Mayer) recently wrote a blog article that explained to me the difficulty writers have with marketing. Writers it seems are mostly introverts while people good at marketing are more extroverted. Introverts are not the life of the party. They are introspective and love exercising…

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Michael Farlow March 11, 2017 March 11, 2017Uncategorized 0

To ellipsis or not to ellipsis, that is the question.

I’ll bet you have always been asking yourself when is it proper to use an ellipsis. No? You mean I’m the only one? Hope you’re laughing because I am, but probably not why you think. I still have a pinched nerve that requires me to lie flat for a while…

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Michael Farlow February 5, 2017 February 5, 2017Writing CMOS, editing, writing 0

Synopsis writing is a pain in the neck, with a pain in the back!

To me synopsis writing is harder than writing the novel itself. I know, how can I say that having written nearly 240,000 words in the last twenty months. Well, imaging taking 87,500 words to tell a story (Future Discovered). A task in itself. But then, try throwing out 86,500 of…

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Michael Farlow January 29, 2017 January 31, 2017Writing Description, PR, synopsis, writing 0

The Reading Secret for New Writers

For years now experienced authors have been telling new writers that reading is important, especially in the genre they would like to write in. Read a lot, they say. Unfortunately, they don’t tell you what they really mean . . . the secret. I read a lot and by some…

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Michael Farlow January 4, 2017 January 4, 2017Writing Advice, Reading, writing 0

Happy New Year 2017!

Happy New Year and welcome to 2017! Like many of you, I have plans for this year, among them the publication of my first fiction books. This January 1st marks 18 months since I first embarked on this path and I can start to see the light. Book 1, Future…

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Michael Farlow January 1, 2017 January 1, 2017General editing, writing 0

Influence of The Grapes of Wrath on The Martian Chronicles

Would you believe that The Grapes of Wrath was an  influence on the writing of The Martian Chronicles? Well, it’s true. When asked what author most influenced him, Ray Bradbury said Steinbeck. More specifically, Bradbury noted that he used The Grapes of Wrath as a model for The Martian Chronicles.…

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Michael Farlow December 21, 2016 December 21, 2016Writing influence, inspiration, writing 0

Fahrenheit 451: characters tell the story.

A few days ago, I was pressing to complete a re-write of Search for the Host, the third in the Host series. I was actually doing pretty well. I was down to only 19 areas for corrections in the book which I had noted over two re-reads and re-writes. I…

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Michael Farlow December 10, 2016 December 22, 2016Writing Characters, writing 1

Writing is not a one-person job!

We all need writing help. In my last writing retreat, Deb Cavanaugh mentioned something that I didn’t know (not the first time). She said that Harper Lee was essentially not alone in writing To Kill a Mockingbird. Based on my own experience, I can believe it. Lee did write the…

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Michael Farlow November 29, 2016 January 30, 2017Writing 0

What do you want to hear in a blog?

Always give them what they want to hear. An old rule of thumb, and one that applies to a blog as well. So far, I have been writing the blog about my experiences as I go through the writing process, but now I think I need to do more. The…

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Michael Farlow November 28, 2016 November 28, 2016Uncategorized Advice, Blogs 0

Short Schedule Delay and Audience Help

Oh boy, schedule delay again.  I dragged my feet and now my proofreading won’t start until the first week in January. I wanted it to be in December, but I waited too long to schedule. My fault. I have the copy edits back for Books 1 and 2 but I’m…

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Michael Farlow November 26, 2016 November 26, 2016Writing Blog, PR, writing 0
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