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	<title>How to Get Published</title>
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	<description>The art of story telling and marketing what you write</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules of Writing</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2012/03/16/elmore-leonard%e2%80%99s-ten-rules-of-writing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[atmosphere]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[dialect]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can’t allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative. It’s my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing. (Joseph Conrad said something about words getting in the way of what you want to say.)]]></description>
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		<title>Study Human Nature</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2012/02/28/study-human-nature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[By studying human nature you might also learn a few things about yourself. For example, what causes that compulsion most of us have to create fiction for others to read? Every dedicated writer I know suffers from it (and wouldn’t have it any other way)…but there must be a character flaw in there somewhere]]></description>
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		<title>Three ways to prove you’re not ready to be published</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/12/12/three-ways-to-prove-you%e2%80%99re-not-ready-to-be-published/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/12/12/three-ways-to-prove-you%e2%80%99re-not-ready-to-be-published/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[predicting the future]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John stood up. "Why do we need to do that?" he asked.

    We already know it's John talking.
    The question mark is a dead giveaway that it's a question.]]></description>
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		<title>Dump Your Dialog Tags and Write Like a Pro</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/09/06/dump-your-dialog-tags-and-write-like-a-pro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/09/06/dump-your-dialog-tags-and-write-like-a-pro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[get rid of dialog tags]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[talking heads]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now, I want you to notice two things about these two pages:

    She uses ONE dialog tag only ("said"). In spite of that, you never have any doubt as to who's talking.
    She keeps her "actors" in constant motion (okay, Helva can't move, but she has verbal quirks to keep her "alive"). They are not two "talking heads", but real-live people who move, gesticulate, scratch, etc. while carrying on a conversation.

These are two of the IMPORTANT things that make the difference between a "good" writer and a "great" author.]]></description>
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		<title>Edit As You Go</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/08/09/edit-as-you-go/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/08/09/edit-as-you-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Writing skills]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[editing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[writer's block]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=1180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[But for some, once that first draft is finished, the job of editing may seem overwhelming. You've just poured weeks or months, perhaps even years, into your project, and you're all wrung out. Then you start reading from page one, you start finding mistakes, and it gets depressing.

It doesn't have to be that way.]]></description>
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		<title>Dialog Tags that Kill Your Story</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/06/14/dialog-tags-that-kill-your-story/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/06/14/dialog-tags-that-kill-your-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[addressing by name]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[props]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rediculous tag]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[stage business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[talking heads]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Swifties]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[voice over the phone]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[wrong dialog tag]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[wrong tag]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dialog tags are often used by lazy writers to avoid going to the trouble of doing such things. But in doing so, I think the story actually suffers for it.]]></description>
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		<title>The R Factor: Should Your Novel Contain Profanity? Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/06/07/the-r-factor-should-your-novel-contain-profanity-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/06/07/the-r-factor-should-your-novel-contain-profanity-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Content]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Writing skills]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[consensual sex]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fighter Queen saga]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[foreplay]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[getting laid]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mature audience]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[profanity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rape]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[someone will object]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=1160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In our workshop discussion, someone pointed out that sex is a natural part of life and there was no reason not to write about it. Someone else pointed out that taking a crap is also a natural part of life, but...well, who wants to read about that?]]></description>
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		<title>The R Factor: Should Your Novel Contain Profanity? Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/05/31/the-r-factor-should-your-novel-contain-profanity-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/05/31/the-r-factor-should-your-novel-contain-profanity-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 18:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[christian]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[f-bomb]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[G rating]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[innuendo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=1149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The bottom line: sex is all around us. Kids in third grade have a better understanding of sex than I did in high school. They've seen just about everything on TV. So should you and I include that stuff in the novels we write? That is the big question.]]></description>
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		<title>The R Factor: Should Your Novel Contain Profanity? Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/05/24/the-r-factor-should-your-novel-contain-profanity-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/05/24/the-r-factor-should-your-novel-contain-profanity-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 10:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[censors]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[strong language]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although sex and language proliferated in  the movies, television airings of the same films were still censored, scenes trimmed, "dirty" dialog either wiped or replaced. The most ridiculous example I remember was in the movie Midway, when Edward Albert, Jr.'s Japanese-American girlfriend told him she no longer loved him, and he said "Goddammit, look me in the eye and say that!" Because you could clearly see his lips make the "m" sound, it looked really stupid when they replaced "Goddammit" with "Goshdarnit".]]></description>
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		<title>How to Write a Salable Book or Novel: Part 14 – After the Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/04/27/how-to-write-a-salable-book-or-novel-part-14-%e2%80%93-after-the-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2011/04/27/how-to-write-a-salable-book-or-novel-part-14-%e2%80%93-after-the-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You've found a publishing house and they've agreed to publish your book.  The editing/re-writing process is over.  All the decisions about cover, dedication, and such have been made.  It's time to celebrate!

Maybe a trip to the Bahamas?  A cruise?  Why not?  You're gonna get rich off your book.  Right?

Weeellllll, maybe. ]]></description>
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