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Posted by Barry | Aug 9, 2010 | What's Wrong With Publishing?
The usual disclaimer: The opinions and ideas expressed in WWwP? entries are ruminations, not rants. I’m thinking out loud here. Even if it seems like I’m demonizing some quarter of the industry, I’m really not — I want...
Read MorePosted by Barry | Jun 23, 2010 | Writing Life
Today is a good day, a celebratory day — today I finished the first draft of I Hunt Killers! I had set a goal for myself of finishing this version of the book before I left town for ALA and I just barely made it. Now I have to...
Read MorePosted by Barry | Jun 4, 2010 | What's Wrong With Publishing?
Welcome back. First, what I suppose will become my usual caveat: The opinions and ideas expressed in WWwP? entries are ruminations, not rants. I’m thinking out loud here. Even if it seems like I’m demonizing some quarter of the...
Read MorePosted by Barry | May 27, 2010 | Writing Life
Today I’m going to blather a little bit about editing. Not the sort of editing that comes when your editor says, “Hey! Fix this!” but rather the kind that comes when you look at your own work and say, “Hey! Fix this!” A few...
Read MorePosted by Barry | May 19, 2010 | Writing Life
Welcome back to Writing Life! One of the best things about the Writing Life is the people you meet. This past weekend, I spent Friday and Saturday in Rochester, NY for the fifth annual Teen Book Festival. I wrote about my first...
Read MorePosted by Barry | May 12, 2010 | Writing Life
Welcome back to Writing Life! I have very little to talk about this week. I was under the weather for a little while last week, so I haven’t been as productive as I would like. I suppose I shouldn’t worry about that — after all,...
Read MorePosted by Barry | May 5, 2010 | Writing Life
Welcome back to Writing Life! I don’t have a huge amount to report this week, for a variety of reasons. One of them being that I was traveling all of last week, and whenever I travel, the writing always takes a hit....
Read MorePosted by Barry | Apr 9, 2010 | Geeking Out
For almost a week now, I’ve been living with my newest toy essential piece of technology: the iPad. For some reason, people seem curious to know what I think of it (as if my opinion matters on these things), and I decided that I...
Read MorePosted by Barry | Feb 17, 2010 | Writing Advice
Two quick questions and answers this week… I was wondering if you had any advice on transitions between scenes in a story. How can you link them all together smoothly? I may have mentioned this in a previous blog, but...
Read MorePosted by Barry | Feb 3, 2010 | Writing Advice
Two weeks ago, Sarah D. posted in the comments: I have a unrelated question. Cussing in YA. I struggle with this so much. In my normal life I never cuss. That’s just me. In my book I find myself wanting to cuss all the...
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