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Giving Thanks x 4

Posted onNovember 22, 2018November 21, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

This year, I’m adding four items to my gratitude list. Read More …

CategoriesSeasonsTagsagents, boats, Carol Newman Cronin, freelance, racing, Sailing, teammates, Thanksgiving, The Island Heron, writing, yoga

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Character Building: Getting to Know You

Posted onNovember 15, 2018November 15, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

A sappy musical lyric is playing in my head, with good reason for once. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, character development, fiction, getting to know you, The King and I, writing

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Ode to Ferries, Real and Imaginary

Posted onNovember 8, 2018November 7, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Ferries combine the best of both worlds: adventure with a known arrival time. Read More …

CategoriesTravelTagsagent, Carol Newman Cronin, ferry, San Francisco Bay, travel, writing

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Next Novel: Work Not Yet In Progress

Posted onAugust 16, 2018July 21, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

The fairy dust of another story has been sprinkled across my desktop. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, creativity, WIP, writing

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Imagination Creates Reality: Irish Travel Story

Posted onMay 17, 2018February 27, 2020AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

Stepping onto an Irish bluff, I found the point I’d created off the coast of Rhode Island. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Cronin painter, Carol Newman Cronin, Dingle, imagination, Ireland, travel, writing

Book Review: A Dangerous Fiction

Posted onMay 3, 2018April 27, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

Barbara Rogan’s story about a literary agent in peril takes us on a ride, though maybe it should’ve started in a different place. Read More …

CategoriesReviewTagsA Dangerous Fiction, Barbara Rogan, Carol Newman Cronin, writing

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Writing and Editing with Latitude

Posted onApril 19, 2018April 17, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Bringing latitude to writing and editing means seeing both big picture and detail more clearly. Read More …

CategoriesEditing, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, editing, latitude, writing

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What Makes a Book Memorable?

Posted onMarch 29, 2018March 8, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

Books that keep us reading, past our bedtime or our subway stop, are the ones that stay with us long after we’ve finished. Read More …

CategoriesBooksTagsbooks, Carol Newman Cronin, writing

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Dare to Fail: Plotting the next Novel

Posted onMarch 15, 2018February 27, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Outlining the next project may help me get to The End, or it may be a complete failure. Only one way to find out. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, fiction, novels, pantsing, plotting, writing

What She Wants: Agent Search Update

Posted onJanuary 25, 2018January 23, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Why querying brought back a college classroom. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsagents, Carol Newman Cronin, Island Shell Game, querying, writing

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