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Michael Seidel
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- Pittsburgh, PA
- About Me and My Book:
- Finishing my first trilogy, 'Ted In Between'. YA speculative, the first in the series is 'The Soul Stone'. It's finished and I'm about to start shopping for abn agent. Meanwhile, I'm finishing the second novel, 'The Riders of Satlel Ceylon' and hope to finish the third, 'The Raggedy Edge', by March, 2009.
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Writing A Book
Laura Florey posted this Winston Churchill quote in Linked: Fiction Writers Guild. I thought it summarized my own attitude toward writing a book, which swings between joy and pain:
“Writing a book is an adventure: To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.”
“Writing a book is an adventure: To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.”
Posted on January 13, 2009 at 6:48pm —
Writing Continuity
I set myself a goal of typing 1200 words a day, every day, and managed to achieve 1600 words per day for 18 days in my longest strength. 'The Streak' started on 12/23/08 and just ended last weekend.
Two things contributed to the streak's end. One, NFL playoffs. Two, I was stymied by where I wanted to go with my story. I'd written to a point where a number of things could happen, taking the story into different directions. I know from experience how these pauses paralyze me.
Seriously, even if… Continue
Two things contributed to the streak's end. One, NFL playoffs. Two, I was stymied by where I wanted to go with my story. I'd written to a point where a number of things could happen, taking the story into different directions. I know from experience how these pauses paralyze me.
Seriously, even if… Continue
Posted on January 13, 2009 at 6:43pm —
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Check out my latest blogs about my design project for the upcoming release of Confessions of a Former Rock Queen.
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Check out my latest blogs about the JGDS series I am illustrating!
Book one, State of Wilderness is currently in the running for Most Eye-Catching Cover at the following link:
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Book two, State of Quarries, has entered the final design stages and starts it's treck to being in print soon too.
Stop by my blogs to send me your opinions and don't forget to vote at the above link too.
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Scribblers’ Retreat Writers’ Conference 2009
Literacy is our purpose.
Fulfilling dreams is our goal.
www.scribblersretreatwritersconference.com
@ Sea Palms Resort, St. Simons Island, Georgia
February 12-15, 2009 – Elizabeth Blahnik, Ernest Gilbert, Pam Mueller, Kathy Kerr, Maggie Toussaint, Dr. Jim Outlaw, Lee Carter, Millie Wilcox, Monica Simmons, Roger Pinckney
May 14-17, 2009 –Dickie Anderson (F), Ed Ginn, Ervin Williams, Holly McClure, Cappy Rearick, Harlan Hambright, Constance Daley, Bud Hearn, William Rawlings
August 13-16, 2009 – “SciFi, Fantasy, Mystery, Inspirational”
November 12-15, 2009 – “Novels, Short Stories, etc”
Scribblers’ Retreat is a non-profit organization established with the goal of reaching writers of all ages; to inspire and promote their hidden gifts and talents.
By involving the local community, authors, publishers, editors, journalists and all forms of the literary world, we are opening their minds and bringing hope where there was doubt.
Scribblers’ Retreat is not the typical classroom setting. It was designed to bring world-class authors, literature professors, editors, journalists, illustrators, photo journalists, proofreaders, publishers, publicists, screenplay writers, and website/graphic designers, etc. one-on-one with young and old alike. It is the opportunity of a lifetime for someone who has had a manuscript in a desk drawer for 40 years or who has an outstanding poem that simply must be read.
Scribblers’ Retreat Writers’ Conference
Where “can’t” is not in our vocabulary.
For more information:
Jeanie Pantelakis
Co-director
Scribblers' Retreat Writers' Conference
1-800-996-2904
912-230-2207
cpantelakis@gmail.com
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