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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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12 Lessons from 2017

Posted onJanuary 4, 2018January 2, 2018AuthorCarol Newman Cronin3 Comments

Lessons learned after twelve months of intensive story-telling—both fiction and fact. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, how to, learning, lessons, writer's life, writing

2017 to 2018

Baby Steps Toward Big Dreams

Posted onDecember 28, 2017December 27, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

Big dreams must be broken down into small steps before we can actually make them happen. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsAnne Lamott, Carol Newman Cronin, dreams, New Year's Resolutions, Srinivas Rao, writing

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Revision Magic: Break for Champagne

Posted onDecember 14, 2017December 14, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin1 Comment

The more I write, the more convinced I am that revision is where the real magic happens. Read More …

CategoriesEditing, FictionTagsCarol Newman Cronin, editing, revising, revision, writing

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Salting my Stories

Posted onNovember 30, 2017November 21, 2017AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Fiction with a large dose of salt tastes best to me. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Island Shell Game, salt, sea, writing

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