For an excellent article on advice to aspiring writers, check this link to author Joan Hall Hovey. Very sage advice that I can recommend highly.
http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/joanhallhovey/note.html
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1 comment:
Great piece. It doesn't mention this, though: invaluable if you just can't get off the ground with your novel, story, etc:
http://www.theavocadopapers.com/content/firstparagraphs/index.jsp
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