February 5th, 2020
Time and the DVD Shortcut
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Writer's Life | WriterStrong
by James Preston
Time is your friend . . . and your enemy.
You can never have enough. Yet it can stretch, minutes to seeming hours, in a boring movie that your date loves. It can race by when you’re writing to meet a deadline.… Read the post
February 17th, 2017
Drive On, Writers - Reasons to Keep Plugging
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Blogging Guests | Inspiration
James Preston
I want to tell you a story. No, not one I wrote, one I lived. This story is an illustration of a lifetime of reading, and a story that I bet you read and say, “Why, yes, I remember a book like that.” This story illustrates the seismic changes that we have witnessed.… Read the post
April 8th, 2015
Reading as a Writer -- Is It Different?
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Blogging Guests | Craft
When I was growing up I read a lot.
I had a pattern, a way that I approached books that just evolved sort of on its own. I'd read for a while, get to a really good part and then go off and do something else, something mindless.… Read the post
December 1st, 2014
Writing Conference Wisdom: A Whirlwind of Speed Dating
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Writer's Life
We write to entertain, to share our experience, or because we have a story that simply must be told. But it's not easy. Let's be honest. If you studied piano for the same number of hours you put into your writing you could at least pound out "Jingle Bells" at the company party.… Read the post
July 13th, 2012
Slicing the Salami ~ When Is It DONE?
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Blogging Guests | Craft
Writers in the Storm welcomes James R. Preston, mystery writer, for our Friday the 13th blog. Could be scary stuff, but personally, I think James is part comedy writer, and we couldn't be luckier to have his help with a question we've all wrestled with.… Read the post
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