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The novel that escaped
The novel that escaped. By David Joel Miller, writer, blogger, and mental health professional. Why my first novel isn’t my novel number one. I planned to write a series of posts about the various books I have written and published. Starting this required me to look at when I first started work on my various books and how long it took me to complete them. There were many twists and turns in this…
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The difference between a writer, an author, and a novelist
The difference between a writer, an author, and a novelist.Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com The difference between a writer, an author, and a novelist. By David Joel Miller, writer, author, blogger, and mental health professional. Are there differences between a writer, an author, and a novelist? I think there are. The first two activities, writing and blogging, both philosophically and practically,…
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Those confounded animals
Tina my Writing Cat Those confounded animals. By David Joel Miller, writer, blogger, and mental health professional. How come animals keep wandering into all my novels? I’m working on my newest novel, and it suddenly occurred to me that another animal had wandered into my work in progress. This shouldn’t surprise me, considering the prominent role that animals have played in my life. Still, it…
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A Therapist Writing Novels?
NovelsPhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com A Therapist Writing Novels? By David Joel Miller, writer, blogger, and mental health professional. Why did I start writing novels? There are several reasons I shifted from writing blog posts and then writing a nonfiction self-help book to writing novels. I’m not sure there was a conscious decision here. In past blog posts, I’ve talked about how I got started…
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My Muse’s odd visits.
My Muse’s odd visits.Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com My Muse’s odd visits. By David Joel Miller, writer, blogger, and mental health professional. My Muse shows up at the oddest times. Creative people, writers, in particular, are fond of talking about the Muse. Several of the more famous writers and writing coaches whose works I read describe their relationship with their Muse. I can’t say that my…
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How to read like a writer.
How to read like a writerPhoto courtesy of Pixabay.com How to read like a writer. By David Joel Miller, writer, blogger, and mental health professional. Writers need to read widely. As a beginning writer, I frequently saw the advice that I needed to read widely. I’ve really been trying. Honest. You would think that with all this isolation taking place the last few years because of COVID-19, we…
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Lessons I learned from my first book.
Bumps on the Road of Life.My first book Lessons I learned from my first book. By David Joel Miller, writer, blogger, and mental health professional. My first attempt at writing a book came after almost seven years of writing a blog. By that point, I thought I had pretty well worked out the process of coming up with an idea, creating an outline, and writing a section. Putting that all together and…
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Decisions writers make once their book is written
Decisions writers make once their book is written.Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com Decisions writers make once their book is written. By David Joel Miller, writer, blogger, and mental health professional. Decisions you must make once you finish your manuscript. You have finished your manuscript, which is probably a first draft, and now you must make a lot of decisions. Frankly, you could have made…
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