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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Mad Men Blog #4: Betty Draper…
And then there’s Betty, Don’s beautiful wife. She’s the consummately successful 1950’s woman. She’s married well—or so she thinks. She lives in a “perfect” house and has “perfect” children. Everything, she thinks, must be perfect and, of course, is perfect. … Continue reading
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Tagged Betty Draper, fiction, Indie Author, Mad Men, writing
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Mad Men Blog #3: Peggy Olsen, the New Woman…
Do you remember that scene in which Peggy told Peter she had given their baby up for adoption? Of course, Peter couldn’t fathom her doing that. She told him—I wanted other things. In other words, she wanted a career of … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction, Indie Author, inspiration, Mad Men, Peggy Olsen, writer
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Is Mad Men Really About the Women?
Just think how many women are main characters in the show. There’s Peggy, Joan and Betty. Of course there are lots of others but these three really stake out the feminine mystique in the early 1960’s. First, there is Joan—that … Continue reading
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Tagged author, fiction, Indie Author, inspiration, Joan Holloway, Mad Men, writing
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Seeing the Rhine after the Book Fair
As a tourist, with limited time, I signed up for a tour bus trip. The choice was between a City Tour of Frankfurt lasting two hours or a boat trip along the Rhine River. As I had already seen some … Continue reading
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Tagged author, Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany, Indie Author, inspiration, Rhine, UNESCO
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The Indie Author at StoryDrive
On the second day, the contrast between two of the sessions at StoryDrive was vivid. First session—a platform discussion with a representative of a traditional publishing house and a literary agent. The topic was what benefits do publishing houses and … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Frankfurt Book Fair, Indie Author, Marketing, Publishing, StoryDrive, Traditional
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StoryDrive: Where Content Knows No Limits
The end or the beginning: Pros and Cons on Copyright Yesterday, at StoryDrive, I was treated to a true piece of theatre. It was produced, I think, to have the maximum impact upon an industry having difficulty in coping with … Continue reading
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Tagged Afrika Islam, Copyrights, Frankfurt Book Fest, Indie Author, Publishing, StoryDrive
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Thoughts on the Way to Frankfurt Book Fair
Nothing like going to a book fair to stimulate creative thoughts about writing. I was speaking of my search for an image for The Fate of Pryde, the second in the Trilogy of Remembrance, which is still only at the … Continue reading
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Tagged Frankfurt Book Fair, Indie Author, inspiration, literary fiction, TheDrawingLesson, writing
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The Fate of Pryde, The Second in the Trilogy of Remembrance
I’m a long way from publishing but I’ve finished a first draft of this novel, provisionally entitled the Fate of Pryde. Back in February, I started reading and making some notes to collect my thoughts. Then I started writing it … Continue reading
The Indie Author and the Frankfurt Book Fair
Why on earth would an indie author go alone to a Book Fair which attracts more than 120,000 people? Wouldn’t he or she get lost and overlooked in the crowd? There are really two answers to the question. First is … Continue reading
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