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Wednesday, April 2, 2008 12:05:39 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Adirondack Center For Writing & North Country Public Radio:
Rebecca said, "The Adirondack Center for Writing and North Country Public Radio invite your submissions for the next biennial Writing Contest.The categories for the 2007/2008 Contest are:Short StoryHumorThe first-prize winner in each genre and age group will..." more
Saturday, March 29, 2008 1:59:19 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Self-Publishing With Amazon's Booksurge Or Else!:
Rebecca said, "Well well well. Amazon's selling policies may be getting quite interesting. It appears that they have "notified publishers who print books on demand that they will have to use its on-demand printing facilities if they want their books directly sold..." more
Monday, March 24, 2008 4:03:31 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Calling All Adirondack Authors!:
Rebecca said, "In celebration of the Town of Indian Lake’s sesquicentennial (hey, you try to spell it!), the Indian Lake Library will be hosting an Adirondack Author’s night on July 30 at 7PM. All local Authors are invited! If you are interested, please..." more
Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:59:39 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Writing For Children:
Rebecca said, "I'm reading another book called Writing For Children by Catherine Woolley (who is also Jane Thayer). It's a thought-provoking, 167- page book with a bibliography and an index. It goes into great detail about characterization, conflict and setting. I..." more
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:03:41 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Adirondack Literary Award:
Rebecca said, "The Adirondack Center For Writing is having its annual Adirondack Literary Award. Please enter! Here is the official press release:February 19, 2008For Immediate Release:Contact:Nathalie ThillExecutive DirectorAdirondack Center for..." more
Friday, February 15, 2008 7:51:14 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled How Many Rewrites?:
Rebecca said, "I had a nice post all typed a few days ago, went to submit it and Blogger was down. I'll try again!I've got ten chapters done and am doing another rewrite. I'm taking out unnecessary words. Too many adverbs and adjectives. Too much redundancy. I'm..." more
Sunday, December 30, 2007 2:39:44 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled First Person vs. Third Person With Reggie's Ghost:
Rebecca said, "Well, I've overcome another huge roadblock and am now in the process of rewriting the whole first seven chapters. Sigh. I'm used to writing in third person. I like that it suits any age and I'm able to sneak in more information about the characters..." more
Friday, December 28, 2007 11:29:05 AM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled I'm Starting From Scratch:
Rebecca said, "Okay, now that I've had a rest (yeah, right) I've decided to start over with Reggie's Ghost. I had a prologue written and asked two kids to read it.They both said it was sad, so sad. I asked them if they would want to finishreading the book after..." more
Friday, December 7, 2007 4:57:53 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Prologues Are Hard To Write!:
Rebecca said, "The sequel to Adirondack Nightmare is still in the works. I have written a short prologue because there's quite a leap in time from the first book to this sequel.Well, writing a prologue is much more difficult than I thought! I needed to introduce..." more
Friday, November 30, 2007 2:00:51 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Adirondack Nightmare is Back in Borders in Plattsburgh!:
Rebecca said, "The day before yesterday my mother-in-law, Gerrie, called to tell me our local Borders no longer carried "Adirondack Nightmare". Well, I thought, this just can't be!I wondered what would be the best way to tackle the situation without offending the..." more
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 3:57:37 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Is Your Book In Libraries?:
Rebecca said, "I found something that's pretty cool. It's a web site which shows where (or if) your book is in libraries. Here's the link:http://worldcat.org/advancedsearchPut in your isbn, and press enter. That's it. You can also put in different zip codes if..." more
Friday, November 23, 2007 4:27:16 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Adirondack Nightmare Sequel is on it's way!:
Rebecca said, "An update on the sequel to Adirondack Nightmare! I have hired a book cover designer and will be sure to post her info here once the cover's approved and completed. I also hired a professional photographer to take photos of my daughter, Amanda, to..." more
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:02:52 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled An Author's Threat - Be Warned:
Rebecca said, "As I'm slowly destroying every last brain cell I have with my NaNoWriMo project, I want to warn everyone out there......be nice to me or I'll put you in my next novel!Take care."
Saturday, November 10, 2007 11:11:55 AM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled NaNoWriMo May Be The Death Of Me NOT!:
Rebecca said, "As I sit here, daring to take a minute or two from my NaNoWriMo task, I'm analyzing my situation. Just as the protagonist, Mandy, is analyzing hers in my 30-day novel. I am at 12,910 words write now (get it? "write"? Oh, no, I'm losing it.) and I..." more
Sunday, November 4, 2007 11:19:13 AM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Suicide is Painful - Writing Will Go On:
Rebecca said, "I sit here, after a sleepless night, wondering if I should post this on my blog. For some reason, something is telling me to do it, to get it off my chest and to move on. I've had a hard week. About a week ago I received two phone calls on the same..." more
Friday, November 2, 2007 4:40:33 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Adirondack Nightmare Goes To Glens Falls New York!:
Rebecca said, "Now that I finally have internet access again, I'm able to share some photos of our trip through the Adirondacks from just south of Plattsburgh, New York, to Glens Falls, New York and the HUGELY popular Chronicle Authors Fair. I think there were 130..." more
Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:18:31 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Aaron Shepard's Writing For Children Book:
Rebecca said, "Ok, here's a shameless plug for a FANTASTIC book. It's Aaron Shepard's The Business of Writing For Children book. This book is vital to any author contemplating writing a children's book. It speaks the blunt truth...the writing part is only a tiny..." more
Sunday, October 21, 2007 2:36:24 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Goosebumps or Grossbumps?:
Rebecca said, "I'm on Chapter 5 of the sequel to my first book, Adirondack Nightmare: A Spooky Tale in the North Country. This sequel is much longer and won't leave readers hanging as much as the first one did. My apologies for that, I rushed and was psyched to..." more
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 4:20:27 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled Writing With Depression:
Rebecca said, "I have so much I could blog, post, write, contribute and just can't get myself to do it. I'm suffering from depression. Like a dummy, I let my anti-depression medication expire. I felt I could keep it under control with vitamins and the like. I've..." more
Sunday, April 6, 2008 1:47:47 PM
Rebecca Leonard wrote a blog post titled An Author's Spring Office Cleaning - Part 1:
Rebecca said, "My second book has a new title, The Hermit in the Hemlocks: A Ghost Story. It still takes place in the Adirondacks but I want to make it appealing to a larger audience so I'v given it a new title.I'm also giving my office a much needed facelift...." more