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Game of Sails: An Olympic Love Story

Presenting Game of Sails on Paper

Posted onFebruary 20, 2012June 16, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

You heard it here first: Game of Sails: an Olympic Love Story will soon be available in paperback. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, formatting, Game of Sails

Story Parenting

Posted onFebruary 1, 2012July 15, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Am I Raising my Characters, or are they Raising ME? Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, characters, imagination, Where Books Meet Boats, writing

Where Work Meets Play: Miami, Florida

Posted onJanuary 25, 2012December 10, 2016AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Greetings from sunny south Florida, where I’ve escaped for a week of warm weather and a spot of fun that might (or might not) be eventually justified as research. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Florida, Kingfisher, Miami, Ralph Monroe, The Barnacle

Writing: It’s Not a Competition

Posted onJanuary 16, 2012June 16, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Back in 2006, I attended the New York Writer’s Group Pitch and Shop. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Where Books Meet Boats, Writers

Game of Sails: An Olympic Love Story

Ebook Reformatting: Game of Sails, Take Two

Posted onJanuary 10, 2012June 18, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Typos are easy to correct with ebooks. Read More …

CategoriesTechnology, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, ebooks, formatting, Game of Sails

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Perhaps This is Fiction

Posted onNovember 21, 2011October 27, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

As a grateful offering to all of you, I’m sharing a new story this week. I leave it to you to decide: If a mast falls in a crowded marina, is it truth or fiction? Read More …

CategoriesSailing, WritingTagsaccidents, Carol Newman Cronin, masts, rigging

Labels, Float Plans, and Writer’s Block

Posted onNovember 8, 2011June 8, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Consciously or not, accurately or not, we all label ourselves. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, labels, writing

Yes Dear

Yes, Dear: Listening to My Characters

Posted onSeptember 7, 2011June 8, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

It’s so easy to forget how hard it is to create. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, imagination, story, writing

Game of Sails: An Olympic Love Story

Game of Sails Ebook Now Available

Posted onJune 23, 2011June 8, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Today I’m raising a glass to the launch of my first adult novel, Game of Sails. Read More …

CategoriesBooks, Fiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, ebook, Game of Sails, novel

Paperbacks or Protons: It’s Still All About the Story

Posted onJune 17, 2011June 18, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Ebooks or paper? Read More …

CategoriesTechnology, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, ebooks, imagination, paperbacks, story

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