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Brent's Babblings: Official Book of BS - Allergies
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An aspiring author's thoughts on writing, religion, politics, and any other bit of randomness that pops into his head. Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Official Book of BS - Allergies. It's been a tough month for Brain. He seems to be struggling with some severe allergic reactions - never a pleasant thing. So I thought I'd give him a break and pick on one of my other children this month. No, I'm not," she replied. I guess sometimes allergies don't have to make you miserable. Posted by Brent Stratford. View my com...
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Brent's Babblings: Writing like Ken Ken - The iterative process.
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An aspiring author's thoughts on writing, religion, politics, and any other bit of randomness that pops into his head. Saturday, April 20, 2013. Writing like Ken Ken - The iterative process. As an example here are some of the iterations I went through with Avarice's Hoard, all of them AFTER the initial version of the book was complete. Eliminate repetitive sentence structures. Beta-readers to the story. Once I got their feedback there were changes I had to make and all the above iterations were requi...
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Brent's Babblings: Review: The Girl in the Steel Corset
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An aspiring author's thoughts on writing, religion, politics, and any other bit of randomness that pops into his head. Friday, April 27, 2012. Review: The Girl in the Steel Corset. I recently read The Girl in the Steel Corset. By Kady Cross. I selected it because it was what the library had when I went in search of my first steampunk novel. With the characters from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. And you’ll have this book nailed. Posted by Brent Stratford. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). All G...
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Brent's Babblings: Writer’s Slush Pile
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An aspiring author's thoughts on writing, religion, politics, and any other bit of randomness that pops into his head. Monday, April 30, 2012. Writer’s Slush Pile. Just like other aspiring authors, I do my best to follow the publishing industry. If check some of the blogs I follow you will see that the slush pile is a perpetual burden of tedium under which agents and editors labor. I only recently realized that, as a writer, I have a slush pile of my own. Posted by Brent Stratford. Subscribe to: Post Com...
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Brent's Babblings: Official Book of BS - Last Words
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An aspiring author's thoughts on writing, religion, politics, and any other bit of randomness that pops into his head. Monday, June 4, 2012. Official Book of BS - Last Words. Posted by Brent Stratford. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Other ways to follow me. Subscribe To Brent's Babblings. Janet Reid, Literary Agent. Holy moly it's December writing contest! Manuscripts to Market - An Interview With Michael Neff of "The Novel Editors". Writer, Cogitator, Recovering Ranch Girl. Cress by Marissa Meyer.
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Brent's Babblings: Coming Back
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An aspiring author's thoughts on writing, religion, politics, and any other bit of randomness that pops into his head. Friday, March 29, 2013. I don't mean that I am going to stop pursuing my degree. I have learned a lot and believe it s a worthwhile endeavor. But I am not going to let it destroy my dreams or keep me from doing what I love most . writing. It feels good to be headed in the right directiom again. Posted by Brent Stratford. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Other ways to follow me.
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Brent's Babblings: Improvement or just Change
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An aspiring author's thoughts on writing, religion, politics, and any other bit of randomness that pops into his head. Thursday, April 26, 2012. Improvement or just Change. There’s a difference between change for improvements sake and change for change’s sake. As most of you know, Blogger recently changed the user interface. They say it is an upgrade. But in truth it is just a change. Does the new interface give us something we didn’t have before? Does it use less computing power? So how is it an upgrade?
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