Category Archives: reading

Gearing Up for NaNoWriMo

Posted by Joanne Huspek

Can you believe we’re already into the second week of October? With the current edit, I’ve been neglecting this blog (The original deadline for edit completion was the end of February. Then the end of July. Then the end of … Continue reading →

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What a Writer Needs

Posted by Joanne Huspek

I’m in Las Vegas. Before you think, “Oh, she’s there for gambling and debauchery,” think again. I’m not all that fond of Sin City. It’s the desert, a way too hot desert. There are lots of things to see and … Continue reading →

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Editing: The Cut the Dead Wood Out Edition

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Anyone who knows me (and probably a lot of people who don’t) and who has been listening to me bitch over the last month and a half has probably known that I’ve been armpit deep into a major edit. Writers, … Continue reading →

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Social Media and the Time Management (What Time?) of the Antisocial Writer

Posted by Joanne Huspek

This is about selling, this is about social media, and of course, time management. Even though I’m a writer, and writers are notoriously introverted, it doesn’t mean we’re anti-social. Well, it does. It’s the nature of the beast. We sit … Continue reading →

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Fluff and Stuff – Getting The Junk Out of the Trunk

Posted by Joanne Huspek

The road to hell is paved with adverbs. ~Stephen King Truer, writerly words have never been written. When editing, the rule of thumb is to eliminate any word that ends in the dreaded “-ly.” I’ve been editing my completed novels … Continue reading →

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The (High) Price of Art

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I spent Friday and Saturday in the Michigan Silversmith Guild booth at the Ann Arbor Art Fair, where I drank lots of water in stifling hot and humidity and hoped to sell a bunch of my creations. (As luck would … Continue reading →

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Review Watching: Dangerous Waters, Don’t Go Near

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I keep my Twitter-feed open while I work at my day job. You never know what might pop up. Most Tweets are mundane (like my own regarding my craving for horseradish), some are hilarious (Texts from Last Night, or my … Continue reading →

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