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November 23, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

Tamar Cohen: It Just Got Personal…

Todays guest author, Tamar Cohen, comes from London, and is the author of The Mistress’s Revenge. She has published nine non-fiction titles and written for The …

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April 22, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

Heads up, short story writers: The 2011 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction is open for submissions until May 31. This very prestigious short story award …

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March 23, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

Meg Waite Clayton: In Praise of Writing Friends … and Publishing and Bookselling Ones, Too

No guest today. Just me, since it's my publication week! The history of my own writing starts with a brown paper lunch bag. My first writing teacher—at a …

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March 22, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

Look at this Cover!!!

Holy Moly!!! The Four Ms. Bradwells goes on sale today, and the first things I saw on twitter was this photo, shared by Andi Buchanon. The stores aren't …

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March 18, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

Words of Wisdom from Confucius, Austen, and Tuchman

"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings." — Jane Austen "No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender …

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March 14, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

How a Novel Gets Published: 2nd Printing! (Before publication!)

The Four Ms. Bradwells is going into a second printing eight days before it even comes out. I would explain how this happens if I knew, but I don't. I just know …

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March 12, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

How a Novel Gets Published: 10 Days Left!

Just a quick post that will not begin to cover everything that's going on in these last few weeks before publication of The Four Ms. Bradwells. I'm busy doing …

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March 6, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

Writing a Novel is Like Paddling a Bathtub

Just came across this wonderfully funny and true quote in the New York Times Book Review: “Look, writing a novel is like paddling from Boston to London in a …

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February 24, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

How a Novel Gets Published: Books in Hand!

Thanks to my lovely editor, Caitlin Alexander, the fed ex truck rolled up my street yesterday with my first finished copy of The Four Ms. Bradwells! It's still …

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February 18, 2011 By Meg Waite Clayton

An Offering to the Literary Gods: A Deep Orange Scarf

One of the things I did this week on my way to publication is light a small candle to the literary gods in the form of one orange scarf. When I went on tour for …

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