How To Think Sideways: Career Survival School For Writers

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Grad Novel

Grad Novel Closes–HTTS Expands

September 2, 2010

Hey, HTTS Grads– It’s time to transfer your account from Grad Novel, which is closing soon, into the extended Think Sideways so you can continue to get updates and upgrades and use the community. To do this, log into your account.  Once you’re on your student page, go to UPGRADES. Don’t miss both the upcoming [...]

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Now where did I put that map of Atlantis?

July 17, 2010

You have read, or dug through, quite a few tomes of non-fiction covering all manner of topics.  That’s a lot of books–never mind the periodicals and special materials. If you own these research items, you can use sticky notes, high lighters, rubber bands, to mark and collect them. But what if your research materials belong [...]

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Remember those grad novel blogs?

March 19, 2010

This Writers’ Boot Camps student entered the annual Pikes Peak Writers contest.  So, last night, she opened a particular email, and– Imagine my thrill to find out I’m one of three finalists in the SF/F/H category! I’ll find out later exactly where I’ve placed. . . . This is the book I posted chapter-by-chapter on [...]

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If you can’t tell a book by its cover, can you get a clue from its title?

November 7, 2009

Those three or four all-important, possibly all-capped words, that can snag a reader from across the bookstore.  That exquisite phrase that can compel an agent or editor to pick up your manuscript before it’s even out of the mailbag. That maddening, frustrating, never-let-you-feel-truly-satisfied thing known as the book’s Title. Here’s how the Sideways Grads discussed [...]

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Renegade Writers: Your Most Imporant Asset

September 29, 2009

What’s the one thing you consider your most important asset in your writing—in your present or future ability to bring you fans? Obviously you want to shine across the board, but what is the greatest strength you have to showcase? I have a reason for asking that I think can help you figure out how [...]

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