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Tale of Two Synopsises

The climax of your novel

Middle-of-the-Novel mud

The first five pages

Pitch to the pros

Hunting for an agent

Playing for higher stakes

Exploding writing myths

Self-publishing

A time to write

What kids do instead of reading

What colour hat does your universe wear?

How big a hammer? (themes)

The irrational optimism of writers

The pesky typo hunt

A point of e-tiquette

Making your reader believe

The art and necessity of critique: Part 2

The art and necessity of critique: Part 1

Writing the Other

Beating the evil TV

Writing with authority

The editor is never wrong, mostly

The question of revising on spec

Worldbuilding

Writing the dread synopsis

Writing children's books vs. adult books

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