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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>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Problems to Avoid: Voice – Part 3</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/03/09/problems-to-avoid-voice-%e2%80%93-part-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/03/09/problems-to-avoid-voice-%e2%80%93-part-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[future tense]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[present tense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[verb tense]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Now we'll delve into "tense". There are a number of different tenses: present, future, past, and past perfect to name the four most encountered.]]></description>
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		<title>Problems to Avoid: Voice - Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/03/02/problems-to-avoid-voice-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/03/02/problems-to-avoid-voice-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[author voice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[first person]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[third person]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[There are three viewpoints of most novels that are part of the author's "voice": first person, third person, omniscient. Once you pick one, stick to it; don't change part way through OR (horrors) from chapter to chapter.]]></description>
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		<title>Problems to Avoid: Voice - Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/02/23/problems-to-avoid-voice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/02/23/problems-to-avoid-voice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Writing skills]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[author voice]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[speech patterns]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[The problem of "voice" is actually a two-part problem:

   1. The author's voice
   2. Character voice.

The author's "voice"

The sum of how s/he writes non-dialog prose (or poetry). Word choices, sentence structure, slang, contractions, and unique ways of expressing things.]]></description>
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		<title>Be Your Own Best Editor in 5 Easy Steps</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/02/16/be-your-own-best-editor-in-5-easy-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/02/16/be-your-own-best-editor-in-5-easy-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Beginnings]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[clean up your manuscript]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[fix your manuscript]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[revise a draft]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Revising and editing is a multi-stepped task. You may clean everything up and make it look pretty, but your manuscript may still not work because you haven't addressed the underlying issues that need to be fixed. To be your own best editor, you need a plan. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Important Rule for Getting Your Book Published</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/02/09/the-most-important-rule-for-getting-your-book-published/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/02/09/the-most-important-rule-for-getting-your-book-published/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Beginnings]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[How to Write a Salable Book or Novel]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[first page]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[get published]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[most important rule]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[subject matter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Remember, there were over 275,000 new titles produced in 2008. You have to compete with all of those for attention. If you want to be a successful "author" (someone who enjoys good sales and is asked to submit another book), your book has to be better than 90% of those.]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret to Naming Characters</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/02/02/the-secret-to-naming-characters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/02/02/the-secret-to-naming-characters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Content]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[character names]]></category>

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

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Writing fiction is hard work, but it's also fun. As a writer you get to create everything, from the world in which your characters live to the characters themselves. You get to determine whether they live or die. But sometimes writing can be daunting; for example, giving your characters a name. How, exactly, does that work?]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret to Writing Dialog</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/01/26/the-secret-to-writing-dialog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/01/26/the-secret-to-writing-dialog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Content]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[how people talk]]></category>

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["I'm amazed at your dialog!" one man told me. "It sounds so natural."

"What's your secret?" another lady asked.

Secret? I didn't know there was a secret. I was telling a story, the characters spoke, and I wrote it down. I was more amazed than they were, that anyone would have trouble writing dialog.]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Commandments for developing good writing</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/01/19/ten-commandments-for-developing-good-writing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/01/19/ten-commandments-for-developing-good-writing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Content]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[good writing]]></category>

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

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		<description><![CDATA[Award-winning novelist Ricahard Bausch spoke to Operation Homecoming workshop participants at Fort Drum, New York, offering his "Ten Commandments" for developing good writing.]]></description>
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		<title>A Powerful Crisis is The Key to Success</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/01/12/a-powerful-crisis-is-the-key-to-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/01/12/a-powerful-crisis-is-the-key-to-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Beginnings]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[developing a novel idea]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[novel crisis]]></category>

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=597</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you're learning how to write a good novel, it's critical that you understand how very important it is to come up with a really great initial idea. You want to make sure your idea intrigues and inspires you and you want it to hook your readers from the first page to the last. The best way to come up with a good novel idea that accomplishes both of these things is to begin your story with a major crisis.]]></description>
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		<title>The First Chapter Sells the Book</title>
		<link>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/01/05/the-first-chapter-sells-the-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/2010/01/05/the-first-chapter-sells-the-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alkalar</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[first chapter]]></category>

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

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.akwbooks.com/authors/authorblog/blog/?p=592</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Al Kalar
A new writer needs a first chapter hook to sell the book.
Well established writers can slog through the chronological background and then on to the &#8220;good stuff&#8221; only because they have developed a following that trusts them to deliver a good yarn &#8212; eventually. Disaster movies get away with slow starts because the [...]]]></description>
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