{"id":658,"date":"2006-05-01T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-01T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=658"},"modified":"2006-05-01T19:01:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-01T19:01:00","slug":"658","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=658","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

A hare’s breath escape<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 I just finished indexing Her Hidden Children<\/em><\/a>, much helped by the fact that I could find search terms by letting Adobe Acrobat search PDF files of all chapters. But before you index a book, you need to strategize about the book’s purpose as well as the reader’s needs, something discussed at this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 “Hare’s breath escape” is just one of many “dreadful phrases” collected by Teresa Nielsen Hayden<\/a>. As she says, most are more common in print than in speech, so why do poor writers mis-see them? See also Egg corns<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 M.J. Rose at Buzz, Balls, and Hype wonders if writers should also be bloggers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When it comes to writing, the most important job we all have is to write our books. If we don\u2019t put our best effort there we aren\u2019t doing our jobs. No author should sacrifice writing time for blogging time or promotion time if it\u2019s going to weaken the book.<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course, she’s a novelist–and she blogs. <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong \u2013 there\u2019s nothing wrong with having a blog geared to your peers. I read other authors\u2019 blogs \u2013 and enjoy them \u2013 but of the dozen or so I frequent \u2013 not one has ever convinced me to try that authors\u2019 fiction.<\/p>\n

Those blogs aren\u2019t talking to me the reader. <\/em><\/p>\n

Read it all.<\/p>\n

Tags: Writing<\/a>, Blogging<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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