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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

When Words Meet Widgets

Posted onMay 5, 2011June 8, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Sharp-eyed readers of this blog will notice a new Wordpress template in use here. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Design, photos, text, writing

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Stirring Stories from the Mental Melting Pot

Posted onMarch 28, 2011January 4, 2022AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

“Where do you get your ideas?” Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, fiction, ideas, writing

Blogging 101: A Look Back at Where Books Meet Boats

Posted onNovember 14, 2010September 15, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

When I first started this blog in 2009, I didn’t have any fixed goals. All I knew was that I’d discovered some cool commonalities between success as a competitive sailor and becoming a published author, and I wanted to share Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Where Books Meet Boats, why I blog

Scribbling in Scrivener

Posted onNovember 1, 2010June 8, 2015AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Scrivener |ˈskriv(ə)nər|: A clerk, scribe, or notary. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Scrivener, Where Books Meet Boats

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