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BMcKenna

Bridget McKenna writes science fiction, fantasy, and mystery. When she's not doing one of those things, she practices hypnotherapy, reads avidly, and is hopelessly addicted to BBC historical dramas. She lives in Seattle, and writes for the computer games industry, which she has done since 1988.

Jul
10
2012
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A Little Book

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This is not a book about why you don’t need an editor. This is a book about beginning the editing process by first editing your own work to the best of your ability....

Jan
24
2012
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Writing The Little Things

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What happens at the intersection of red crab migrations and The Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy? The magic of the writer's mind. How I wrote "The Little Things."

Jan
11
2012
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The Golden Age of Big Publishing – Not a Fairy Tale

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There was once a golden age when editors edited, agents agented, and publishers thought ahead. Nostalgic? Don't bother. The new golden age has it beat.

Dec
17
2011
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A Little Night Music

Written by BMcKenna

All stories have stories behind them; "A Little Night Music" has more stories than most. If it wasn't for love of what it said to me, it would never have been written.

Dec
4
2011
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Someone to Watch Over Me

Written by BMcKenna

Many writers are so enamored of the very notion of having an agent that they are willing to trust their writing careers and incomes to people they’ve never met.

Nov
26
2011
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Don't Be The Fish

Written by BMcKenna

There are a lot of reasons for writers to be wary about "self-publishing" services like Penguin's Book Country. Here are a few of them.

Nov
17
2011
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Read 'Em and Weep

Written by BMcKenna

A selection from the best and brightest of people blogging about the changing face of publishing.

Nov
7
2011
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A Million Words?

Written by BMcKenna

There's an old saying still going the rounds that claims a writer has to write a million bad words before anything they do is worthy of consideration. I don't agree, and this is why...

Oct
28
2011
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Hiking the Learning Curve to Successful eBook Formatting

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It can be a long way from "i'm gonna do this!" to "I did this!" But the results are worth it.

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