writing and publishing

The Notorious Captain Hayes; a conversation with author Joan Druett

By lindacollison|2016-08-21T14:23:35-07:00August 22nd, 2016|author interviews, history, nautical history, writing and publishing|

The American-born seafarer William "Bully" Hayes was a notorious celebrity [...]

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How to help a story to fly (without killing it).

By lindacollison|2016-07-08T13:49:09-07:00July 8th, 2016|writing and publishing|

When your manuscript stretches its wings for its first flight [...]

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The power of Setting in fiction

By lindacollison|2016-05-30T16:53:04-07:00May 30th, 2016|Water Ghosts, what inspires me, writing and publishing|

I'm reading Birds Without Wings, by Louis de Bernieres -- [...]

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Water Ghosts — Read First Chapter here

By lindacollison|2016-05-17T12:04:07-07:00May 17th, 2016|books, Water Ghosts, writing and publishing, YA|

  Water Ghosts Copyright © Linda Collison 2015 Published by [...]

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Beyond Research: Creating Verisimilitude in Historical Fiction

By lindacollison|2016-05-16T22:29:31-07:00May 16th, 2016|historical fiction, writing and publishing|

Here are a few of the slides from my power [...]

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Water Ghosts a Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Finalist

By lindacollison|2016-03-09T03:05:19-07:00March 9th, 2016|Water Ghosts, writing and publishing, YA|

Foreword Reviews Finalist -- Water Ghosts Today, Old Salt Press [...]

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Weymouth’s First Maritime Literary Festival March 12-13 2016

By admin|2016-01-10T14:46:13-07:00January 10th, 2016|nautical history, nautical writing, Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series, travel, what inspires me, women sailors, writing and publishing|

I'm looking forward to attending England's first maritime literary festival [...]

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Water Ghosts — the terror of the doldrums

By lindacollison|2016-01-26T15:59:40-07:00December 7th, 2015|audiobooks, Water Ghosts, writing and publishing|

  dol-drums 1. a state of inactivity or stagnation, as [...]

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Novel writing: Finishing the first draft

By lindacollison|2015-11-18T16:22:38-07:00November 18th, 2015|Uncategorized, writing and publishing|

Welcome to the art of novel writing. How many of [...]

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How to Write A Novel

By lindacollison|2015-11-11T18:17:25-07:00November 11th, 2015|writing and publishing|

November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Right now thousands [...]

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