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Writing Advice: On Facebook Waterfalls, The Dark is Rising, and Realistic vs. Aspirational Art

September 7, 2012by faithinfiction 4 Comments

This weekend my family spent some time at a local state park. We had beautiful weather and the park afforded us a rare chance to wade and splash near a […]

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Publishing Thoughts: Nuclear Annihilation, Amish Fiction, and the Themes of Our Collective Unconscious

August 8, 2012by faithinfiction 6 Comments

One of my favorite things in culture are the odd little pockets of music and television and books that pop-up now again. Some theme or topic will see the light […]

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Publishing Thoughts: Are You the “Right” Author for Your Book?

July 31, 2012by faithinfiction 1 Comment

One of my favorite writers working today isĀ  Joe Posnanski. He’s a sports writer who was with a KC paper for a long time before moving up to Sports Illustrated. […]

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Writing Advice: Affogato and the Infinite Possibility of Surprise

July 25, 2012by faithinfiction 4 Comments

I am thirty-eight years old. I like coffee. I like ice cream. I often order coffee ice cream, preferably with chunks of bittersweet chocolate in it, when presented with the […]

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Off Topic: On Penn State, Whitman, and the Difficulty of the Word “And”

July 23, 2012by faithinfiction 2 Comments

This has nothing to do with publishing, but with the morning’s news my alma mater is yet again back on the front page. I’ve been asked a handful of times […]

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Publishing Thoughts: Lynn Austin, Roger Federer, and the Christy Awards

July 18, 2012by faithinfiction 19 Comments

Around 2006-2007, Roger Federer broke men’s tennis. He won six out of eight Grand Slam titles, often with a dominance that seemed otherworldly. It reached a point where you admired […]

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Behind the Pages: Overstating the Importance of Your Novel’s First Line and T.L. Hines’ Waking Lazarus

July 11, 2012by faithinfiction 11 Comments

My rise to acquisitions editor was a bit strange. I was actually a marketing copywriter who kept doing editorial reviews and poking his nose in editorial business when the folks […]

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