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Where are you from?
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music is my muse
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what's real - what's not
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good, bad and ugly
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read something banned
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horizontal and vertical
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chocolates and bagels
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distraction
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things i learned in conference
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Sherri H. Hoffman
It's that time of year, the time for lists. Here's NYTimes top 10:
http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holida
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Plan your holiday shopping with the The 10 Best Books of 2009 list from The New York Times 2009 Holiday Gift Guide .
Sherri H. Hoffman Francois Camoin was one of my first writing mentors back in the early '90s. Our small group met at his home on Weds(?) evenings with our own story drafts. He was always kind and direct about what makes good writing. He also gave me lists of books and stories to read - reading that deepened my awareness of good writing.... I remain grateful for his insight and personal kindness. This is his latest book.
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Donald Miller is a Christian writer, but the question that Miller asks with his latest memoir, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, is applicable to... Continue »
Sherri H. Hoffman This is the long list of books being considered for the 2010 Tournament of Books. The short list will be released in January. Looks like I going to have to step up my winter reading.
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An online magazine, published weekdays.
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Dasblog tool. Welcome to my Blog. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions.
Sherri H. Hoffman Interesting aggregated data for BASS over 30 years.
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The Best American Short Stories, of all the annual story anthologies, seems to have the biggest following among readers. The series has been around in one form or another since 1915 and has published short ...
Sherri H. Hoffman Stephen King on Raymond Carver.
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Carol Sklenicka’s biography and a long-overdue “Collected Stories” spotlight Carver’s growth as a writer and illuminate his poisonous relationship with the editor Gordon Lish.
Sherri H. Hoffman I have a list of those favorite writers who became both influencial and beloved. O'Connor is on that list. Many of the others happened to have been included in this particular poll. It could have been any of them if I had voted.
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In an online poll conducted by the National Book Foundation, the O'Connor collection "The Complete Stories" was named the best work to have won the National Book Award for fiction in the contest's 60-year history.
Sherri H. Hoffman Love this. Especially the Most Important Rule: If it sounds like writing, rewrite it.
WRITERS ON WRITING; Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle - The New Yo
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These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story. If you have a facility for language ...
Seattle skylineOriginally uploaded by ricknsherriOver the last year, I have visited the Seattle area a number of times to do some geographic research for the current novel in progress. It's a beautiful area - sky, water, city and trees...
Sherri H. Hoffman Heard Jared Diamond speak on Tues about his upcoming book. Inspired me to start reading the book for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. He was an amazing speaker; I could have listened to him talk for another hour after he was done. Truly.
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My first novel, The Island, was inspired by a chance visit to a tiny island leper colony off the coast of Greece on our summer holiday. It was a... Continue »
Sherri H. Hoffman Set a date for full manuscript review. Does a book ever really feel "done" or does the deadline make it so?
Sherri H. Hoffman Here's a new writing friend I have just met. Welcome to the Jungle.
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Sherri H. Hoffman
"I have a terrible admission to make. I used to work for a bunch of politicians."
Me, too. So I can relate.
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I didn’t enjoy the way my various state, federal and local bosses would fly off the handle at me for typos in letters and memos. I also didn’t care for the constant state of fear I lived in, ...
At least one of them. For me, music comes from the same place as my writing. It evokes the same emotive response in a way that beautiful writing moves me. I would consider it the highest level of achievement to touch that place of music with my words...
