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Sheri McGuinn
Sep 29, 20171 min read
Read Your Genre
I recently had an artist/writer ask me to review her book. She’d made water colors based on photographs she took on a journey to Thailand...
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Sheri McGuinn
Sep 22, 20171 min read
What Makes a Good Writing Class
I’ve taken courses and workshops in English, journalism, fiction writing, poetry writing, technical writing, grant writing, and probably...
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Sheri McGuinn
Sep 14, 20171 min read
Resources to Improve Your Writing
Writer’s Market, Writer’s Digest Magazine, The Writer Magazine, and Writer’s Digest Books. Internet Today, the internet is my primary...
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Sheri McGuinn
Sep 8, 20171 min read
Basic Resources: Selling What You Write
It’s Friday! I lost a day helping with the Gold Country Writers’ booth at the Gold Country Fair in Auburn, CA. All of my books are on...
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Sheri McGuinn
Aug 31, 20171 min read
Levels of Edit
The world goes on while we write: The term “buckets of rain” became real to me in 1972, when Tropical Storm Agnes stalled over...
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Sheri McGuinn
Aug 24, 20171 min read
Writers Revise
Last week I wrote about not getting ripped off when you self-publish. My favorite resource for this is the free annotated list of...
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Sheri McGuinn
Aug 17, 20173 min read
Never Pay to Publish – and OMG
I had this writer’s blog, Never Pay to Publish, ready to post today. For anyone following this for writing tips, it’s below. But...
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Sheri McGuinn
Aug 10, 20171 min read
Critique Groups – Key Elements
I was extremely lucky in my first critique group. Running Away was losing agent interest in the first pages. I read it to the group and...
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Sheri McGuinn
Aug 3, 20171 min read
On Being OCD as a Writer
As creative people, it’s important that we put out our very best work. www.sherimcguinn.com www.amazon.com/author/sherimcguinn...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jul 11, 20171 min read
A Writer’s Journey Part 5: Keep Trying
My primary goal in life is to make the world a better place to be. Hopefully these blog posts will help another writer keep writing....
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Sheri McGuinn
Jul 5, 20171 min read
A Writer’s Journey Part 4: Going from Hobby to Business
At this point, I began to think of myself as a writer. However, it was tough to actually make time for writing and all the marketing and...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jun 26, 20171 min read
A Writer’s Journey Part 3: Trying to be a Writer
Sorry this is late: as I went to post it, there was a muffled crash and the electricity went out. A car crashed into a nearby utility...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jun 19, 20171 min read
A Writer’s Journey Part 2: Impressionism
#impressionism #material #resilience #Writing
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Sheri McGuinn
Jun 10, 20171 min read
A Writer’s Journey Part 1
#resilience #selfpublishing #screenwriting #editing #Writing
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Sheri McGuinn
May 11, 20172 min read
“Running Away is one of the best Lifetime films of the years so far.”
Yet another adventure in life: my first novel’s been made into a movie that people are actually watching! The crazy part is I haven’t...
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Sheri McGuinn
Sep 10, 20161 min read
Ups and Downs
Up: The Pitchfest I went to last spring paid off. Running Away, a screenplay based on my novel of the same name, was optioned by Nasser...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jan 9, 20161 min read
In Country
I am now located in Sacramento CA with contracts for a day job and an apartment through June. I get a couple weeks off before then, so I...
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Sheri McGuinn
Mar 19, 20152 min read
Derry
In 2011 I visited Derry in Northern Ireland. I wasn’t writing this blog yet, but I was keeping notes. As we approached Derry, our guide...
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Sheri McGuinn
Dec 30, 20141 min read
Wow -17 countries
As poorly as I’ve maintained this blog, people from 17 countries have viewed it. New Year’s resolution: write more!
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Sheri McGuinn
Jun 26, 20141 min read
Hiking Mt. Baldy & recovering at home
So, I was finally home long enough to take a hike with Arizona Women of Adventure. Let me suggest, if you’ve been tied to a computer for...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jun 26, 20141 min read
Hopi
I’d been home less than twenty-four hours before I had to head north for a training gig on the Hopi reservation. I’d never been up there...
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Sheri McGuinn
Jun 11, 20142 min read
Manhattan
Manhattan! I went to Manhattan for Book Expo America. I’d spent a bundle on having my books displayed and airfare, so it was important...
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Sheri McGuinn
May 23, 20141 min read
Mogollon Rim
I live across the street from the Mogollon Rim in Lakeside, Arizona. The drop is relatively gentle here, but it’s still awesome to look...
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