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Holly Lisle and The Case of the Exploding Cat

by Holly Lisle on May 5, 2009

I’m delighted to present “The Case of the Exploding Cat,” the first episode in my ongoing series of writing-crit videos.

If you want to write a book or novel, or build a writing career for yourself, you’ll find that each of these crits will point out mistakes writers make—some common, and some not common at all—and will help you find and correct errors you’ve made in your own writing.

This crit brought to you by me, with the help of volunteers from HowToThinkSideways.com who submitted work they knew had problems for me to crit.

In answer to a privately-asked question:
Yes, you are welcome to add this video to your own website, send people to this site, or both.

Here is the EMBED code (basically, you cut and paste this into your website, and the video will appear there.)

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CREDITS:

Writer Crash Test Series Music:
“Mysterious Stranger,” © Jack Waldenmaier
Music Bakery Publishing BMI
WARNING: Unauthorized use of the music contained in this production is subject to criminal prosecution.
All copyrights, licensing, duplication, and distribution rights are held exclusively by The Music Bakery (BMI).
800-229-0313 or 972-578-7863 musicbakery.com

The image “Explosion” was purchased from BigStockPhoto.com, and is copyright © Elena Vasilieva.

The image “Haunted House” was purchased from BigStockPhoto.com, and is copyright © Dunca Daniel.

This movie was made with a MacBook, Apple Keynote, Photobooth (the author photos), Screenflow, a Logitech webcam for Mac, and a Blue Snowball mic.

This production is Copyright 2009 by Holly Lisle.  All Rights Reserved.

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