Daron D. Fraley
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Tag Archives: My Writing Life
This Is Who I Am
For the last 3 years, I have been careful about what I say on this blog. Why? Because I am a writer, and I had hopes of making it big in publishing. I had hopes of getting an agent in … Continue reading
Storymakers Conference 2011
I attended the LDStorymakers writers conference this week, and took enough notes to choke a hungry goat. If I printed them. Have no fear, I’m not going to feed the laptop to the goat . . . The three days … Continue reading
Plugging Into The Publishing Industry
Writers want to have their works read. Maybe want is not a strong enough word: Need to have? Must have? If your story is a lamp . . . You, as a writer, want to have the lamp used and … Continue reading
Book Launch Today – THE THORN, book one of THE CHRONICLES OF GAN
Today is the day on which I go from being a writer to being a published author. This has been a wonderful journey so far. I have met so many authors, publishers, and editors…people who I would have normally been … Continue reading
Posted in My Books, My Writing Life, Short Stories
Tagged Book Signings, My Writing Life, Reading
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Best Writers Conference In The West
Cause and Effect. Occasionally in life a person is able to point to specific events which caused other things to happen. I can honestly say, that without this particular writers conference, and the fact that I attended last year, and … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellany
Tagged Authors, Conferences, My Writing Life, Publishers, Writing Tips
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The Satisfaction of Creating
Mission accomplished. The book is done. At about 1 a.m. this morning, I sent the final pages back to my editor (Tristi Pinkston at Valor Publishing) for review and inclusion in the master copy of the manuscript. Changes were accepted. … Continue reading
Posted in My Writing Life, Spiritual Thoughts
Tagged Book Signings, Manuscript, My Books, My Writing Life, NaNoWriMo
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Will anybody actually care?
During the last few weeks I have attempted several times to get public response to my short story, “WATER”. I have submitted it to a couple magazines, blogged about it, put it on my website, sent emails to friends, etc., … Continue reading
Editing All Them Words
In the last few days, I wrote about 500 words on book 2 and spent about 10 hours editing chapter 9 of book 1. Thank heavens my editor is patient. My brain is mush. In celebration of this grand accomplishment, … Continue reading
Writing Tip – Word Repetitions
Today I am going to share something I have learned as a writer: frequent word repetitions can be the ugly wart on Nanny McPhee’s face. Have you seen the movie? I thought it was great fun. And the wart was … Continue reading
Posted in Computing and Networking, Writing Tips
Tagged Computer Nerdiness, My Writing Life, Writing Tips
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The Healer
I have had some incredible experiences this month. The most recent was on Friday. I was coming home from working in Phoenix for a few days, and when I got on the plane I found that I was sitting next … Continue reading
Posted in My Writing Life, Short Stories, Spiritual Thoughts
Tagged My Writing Life, Short Stories, Spiritual Thoughts
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