Mystery of a Shrinking Violet

musings, reviews, and writings of Barbara W. Klaser

10/5/2004

Setting Up Your Own Website

Filed under: — Barbara @ 1:38 pm

A visitor to my website asked me how I formatted my online novel and sample chapters, and who hosts my site. I decided to reply with a post here, since there may be other visitors who don’t have websites or blogs, but would like to.

I’m probably not the best person to ask about this, since I didn’t do all the work myself. I had help, and my more knowledgeable helper and I had to learn many new things as we went along, sometimes putting our heads together to figure out the more technical aspects, and experimenting with things until they worked. It took many hours of hard work to get everything set up the way it is now, and we encountered several puzzles along the way. We still have to tweak things now and then, and any website should be updated or added to periodically, to keep it fresh for repeat visitors.

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8/3/2004

Writing the Novel: After The First Draft, What Next?

Filed under: — Barbara @ 3:51 pm

I took a long break after completing the first draft of my next mystery. Setting up my my new blog has been fun, time-consuming and a great escape as well as a learning process. Now it’s time to buckle down, revise, edit, and finish this novel. What’s the next step? (more…)

7/16/2004

Advice For New Writers

Filed under: — Barbara @ 6:35 pm

With A Bit On Writers’ Critique Groups

I once advised someone on a writing list, who posed a question about a particular writing problem, that they should write ten or so different paragraphs as practice. The person expressed a reluctance to do so. This amazed me, that the writer wasn’t willing to practice. (more…)

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