I read a great book recently, Snow Mountain Passage, about the quest and fate of the Donner party as they traveled from Illinois to California in the mid-1800s. Until then, my familiarity with the Donner party had been limited to driving through Donner Pass to rock climb on Donner Summit overlooking Donner Lake (near Truckee [...]
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Tags: James D. Houston, Justin Cronin, Mary and O'Neil, Ridley Scott, Snow Mountain Passage, The Passage
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A post by my friend Sierra about her toxic critique group inspired me to remind people how to give critiques of other writers’ work in a writers’ group or workshop.
The sandwich method always works best: Start by saying something positive, followed by your constructive criticism, and then end with another positive comment. The reason for [...]
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Tags: creative writing, critique groups, Writing, writing groups, writing workshops
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So now that I’ve had a little more time to read books on the iPad, here are some thoughts:
Pros
It’s VERY easy to buy a book. It’s easier through iBooks, but it’s not difficult through Amazon either. I haven’t tried the B&N app yet. Just one click and you own it. And you’re reading. Right there [...]
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Tags: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, e-readers, ibooks, iPad, Kindle, nook
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Josh McHugh is the president of Attention Span Media, the social media studio behind two of the most-watched web series of all time, Dorm Life and Simon Fuller’s If I Can Dream. Josh’s experience at the intersection of technology, media and business began 14 years ago at Forbes Magazine, where he chronicled the brainiacs and [...]
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Tags: Attention Span Media, Dorm Life, If I Can Dream, Josh McHugh, Wired Magazine
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