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Practicing the art and craft of writing with Pulitzer Prize winners

By lindacollison|2015-05-10T21:10:51-07:00May 10th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Kazuo Ishiguro, Michael Cunningham, Napa Valley Writers, Pulitzer Prize, The Gilgamesh Society, The Hours, writing process|

While digging through old files today I came across a[...]

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Water Ghosts, the cover

Water Ghosts, the cover

By lindacollison|2015-04-24T21:26:56-07:00April 24th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Chinese history, nautical writing, Old Salt Press, Water Ghosts, writing process, YA literary, YA paranormal, YA psychological|

Here it is, the cover the professional design team came[...]

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Looking for Redfeather wins Spotlight Award

By lindacollison|2015-04-12T20:46:43-07:00April 12th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Aaron Landon, Coming-of-Age fiction, Fiction House, Foreword Review, Jack Kerouac, literary fiction, Looking for Redfeather, Ltd., Outlaw Trail, Spotlight Award, theater|

Looking for Redfeather (Fiction House, Ltd.) has been named the[...]

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Evolution of a book cover

By lindacollison|2015-04-09T08:39:05-07:00April 9th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Book covers, ghost stories, Old Salt Press, Water Ghosts, YA fiction|

What is the purpose of a book cover? What does[...]

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Dead Wake, Dead On

By lindacollison|2015-04-02T17:17:35-07:00April 2nd, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Erik Larson, historical research, Lusitania, Nautical Writing Society, popular history, writing process|

Sinking ships make for sensational stories and Erik Larson’s Dead[...]

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Coming of Age at Sea: The Guinea Boat

By lindacollison|2015-07-25T13:50:29-07:00March 25th, 2015|Categories: adventure, coming-of-age fiction, nautical history|Tags: Alaric Bond, historical nautical fiction, maritime fiction, nautical writing, The Guinea Boat, women at sea, YA vs Coming of Age|

Merellä" (At Sea) Oil on canvas by Albert Edelfelt,[...]

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The Versatile Blogger

By lindacollison|2015-03-19T00:13:25-07:00March 11th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: nursing, sailing, skydiving, VBA, Versatile Blogger, writing process|

Versatile Blogger Award My writing-friend, Antoine Vanner, author of[...]

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The important second draft

By lindacollison|2015-03-04T22:22:43-07:00March 4th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: revision, SMPS Colorado MEA Awards 2015, writing process|

The first draft is where we capture the heart, the[...]

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The Princess Taiping — doomed Ming-era warship

By lindacollison|2015-02-22T19:19:53-07:00February 22nd, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: Princess Taiping, Water Ghosts, writing process|

photo by Cara Chow (Charlotte1125) - Own work. Licensed[...]

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The Brain Storm of Words

By lindacollison|2015-02-14T14:14:52-07:00February 14th, 2015|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: creative writing, first drafts, writing process|

In the last two posts I shared an important part[...]

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