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Author's Thoughts, Writing a Book

The Reader is Always Right

June 12, 2017by Mark Cameron2 Comments on The Reader is Always Right
The Reader is Always Right

I'm starting to hear back from my second round of "beta readers" for 17 Weddings -- people who have volunteered to read an unedited manuscript and provide feedback about my story. I am infinitely appreciative of their time and effort -- and their honesty. While talking to another author recently, I said that "every reader [...]

Author's Thoughts, Writing a Book

A Marathon, not a Sprint

March 17, 2016by Mark Cameron4 Comments on A Marathon, not a Sprint
A Marathon, not a Sprint

Feedback is rolling in for Goodnight Sunshine. I'm trying to absorb it as a whole without focusing too much on the details. Trying to give my writer's mind the time and space required to sort through the dozens of messages it is receiving, to reconcile conflicting views and recognize consistent patterns. Once we release a work of fiction, there [...]

Author's Thoughts, Writing a Book

Letters between friends

January 7, 2016by Mark Cameron6 Comments on Letters between friends
Letters between friends

I received an e-mail from my cousin the other day -- a wonderfully long, heartfelt response to my debut novel. It confirmed what I had already begun to recognize: that the greatest part of writing a book is the dialogue it creates between author and reader -- between a writer and his friends. One passage of my cousin's [...]

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