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Author Archives: Crystal King
Blogging Hiatus
I love blogging, I really do, but alas, the time I have to do so has significantly dwindled. Between my awesome job, writing my novel, learning Italian and all of the other little things going on in my life, my … Continue reading
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History Repeats
There’s a fascinating article in Salon this week, about The Dark Days of the Roman Empire. To research my own novel I read most of what Tacitus has to offer. While he’s highly criticized for imposing his own values/opinion/color on … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Rome, Books
Tagged ancient, ancient rome, Books, History, Latin, Reading, roman, Roman Empire, Tacitus, When in Rome
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John Cleese on Writing & Creativity
Excellent discussion about the importance of incubation, the requirements for obtaining flow and a few other great bits of observation and advice from a creative genius (IMHO).
Posted in Creativity, Writing
Tagged Creativity, Flow, john cleese, script writing, Writing
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LinkedIn and Google+ for writers
As you might have noticed I’ve been terribly remiss in posting to my blogs lately. Why? Busy busy at work, trying to pound out the last chapters on my novel by the end of the summer (ack, only two weeks … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Facebook, google, Google Plus, LinkedIn, Marketing and Advertising, social media, social networking, twitter, Writing, writing platform
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Piracy drives book to #1 on Amazon
In my social media for authors classes I always talk about how giving content away for free can end up being a win-win. And today that’s the case, when the #1 book on Amazon happens to be as yet-unpublished but … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Publishing
Tagged .pdf, amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, book, Children's literature, e-book, free, go the fuck to sleep, Piracy, Publishing
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Is it sad that I want to smell like books?
Because now I might have the opportunity. Karl Lagerfeld, an avid book lover and collector himself, is rumored to be producing a fragrance called Paper Passion that will smell like books. And who doesn’t love the smell of books?! Well, ok, … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Books, fragrance, Fun, Haute couture, Karl Lagerfeld, paper passion, perfume
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Kindle books from your library…IF publishers decide to pull their head out of the sand
This week Amazon announced that they would be teaming up with more libraries to offer Kindle books for availability for checkout. The service, available later this year, will allow 11,000 libraries to offer the books for checkout. Most interesting of all, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Publishing
Tagged Amazon Kindle, Books, digital books, e-book, e-reader, ebooks, ereader, Harper Collins, HarperCollins, library, library lending, nook, Public library, Publishing, Simon & Schuster
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The Book That Writes Itself
Is there such a thing? I dream about it often. Because I don’t always have the daily discipline when it comes to parking my ass in the chair and spitting out words from the characters that swirl around in my … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Writing
Tagged moleskine, Stephen King, Tommyknockers, tortured writer, Typewriter, Writer, Writing
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10,000 hours of walking 10,000 miles
Those 10,000 miles walked are in the shoes of my characters, all my characters and all my voices, personas, narrators and words I have written in my life. The hours? The time it takes to walk those miles. I’m fairly … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 000 hours, boston, characters, expert, Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers, success, Writing
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Farenheit 451 in 2011
Pure awesomeness from the equally awesome Toothpaste for Dinner.
