BookSay's MindSay Blog http://booksay.mindsay.com BookSay - MindSay Blog http://booksay.mindsay.com/chapter_65_signing_autographs.mws booksay 2008-08-18T07:08:29-05:00 <![CDATA[Chapter 65: Signing Autographs]]> http://booksay.mindsay.com/chapter_65_signing_autographs.mws I'm going to spend hours tomorrow signing autographs...




Okay, not quite autographs -- just my signature.

And it won't be book jackets or autograph books or hefty chests --...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/booksay/chapter_65_signing_autographs.mws http://booksay.mindsay.com/chapter_64_caution_shaky_muhammad_referencing_ahead.mws booksay 2008-08-13T09:08:42-05:00 <![CDATA[Chapter 64: Caution -- Shaky Muhammad Referencing Ahead]]> http://booksay.mindsay.com/chapter_64_caution_shaky_muhammad_referencing_ahead.mws I finally heard back from that guy with the literary magazine (see Chapter 59) and he is still going to publish the piece about...

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Of course, that's a real estate agent, not a book agent, but it's good nonetheless, right?  

Well regardless, I've got a good real estate agent.  After...

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So the inspection.

 

All in all not so bad.  The good news is that there are no termites, the foundation is fine, there's no water damage.

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And...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/booksay/chapter_60_half_the_wait_is_over.mws http://booksay.mindsay.com/chapter_59_after_the_wait.mws booksay 2008-07-02T06:07:15-05:00 <![CDATA[Chapter 59: After the Wait]]> http://booksay.mindsay.com/chapter_59_after_the_wait.mws What have I been doing since my last post?

Waiting.

A guy from a literary publication contacted me, saying he read an article about me in Rosebud (see chapter 20 for details) and wanted to...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/booksay/chapter_59_after_the_wait.mws http://booksay.mindsay.com/chaper_58_show_or_tell.mws booksay 2008-02-19T10:02:28-05:00 <![CDATA[Chaper 58: Show Or Tell]]> http://booksay.mindsay.com/chaper_58_show_or_tell.mws To reverse my point from last week, is more in-depth description always better?  To fill you in, we worked on a little writing exercise where you had to describe a hot day without using the word hot.  The idea...

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What words can you think of to describe a hot day?...

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]]> http://www.mindsay.com/comments/booksay/chapter_57_writing_exercise.mws http://booksay.mindsay.com/chapter_56_girl_power.mws booksay 2007-12-27T11:12:11-05:00 <![CDATA[Chapter 56: Girl Power]]> http://booksay.mindsay.com/chapter_56_girl_power.mws A group of people were talking at work the other day about real estate.  It went something like this:

Consultant: Yeah, we have a condo in Manhattan, it's one bedroom, 400 square feet, and it's worth...

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