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Picasso at the Lapin Agile

  • Posted by Lin Wilder
  • On October 27, 2014
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Einstein and Picasso meet at a bar…. Who could resist going to see a play with an opening lure like that? For the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre, the Sunday afternoon performance was the last of the run of a play by Steve Martin called, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and it was sold out. […]
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War Dog

  • Posted by Lin Wilder
  • On October 23, 2014
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” So you’re a war dog.” I was talking to the beautifully marked German Shepherd standing next to a second brown and white fairly large second dog; both were tethered together by the RV and were looking toward the owner of the pair of feet, the remainder of his body hidden by the red pick- […]
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The Interview: Lessons in Humility

  • Posted by Lin Wilder
  • On October 20, 2014
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Once I realized that writing was exactly like other businesses my husband John and I had done together; some extremely successfully; others not so much, I  accepted the fact that promoting this new novel will be no different. Therefore, I hired a publicist to help promote the events planned for the Texas trip. Wisely, the […]
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I Flunked Retirement

  • Posted by Lin Wilder
  • On October 15, 2014
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I flunked Retirement In the flurry of publishing my first novel, I hired a publicist for a whirlwind ten days in Houston where I had 8 speaking engagements lined up due to my friends and family living in Texas. I would not do that again and recommend that others save their money. However, it was […]
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Lessons In Handling Stress

  • Posted by Lin Wilder
  • On October 8, 2014
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Only I and Shadow, the mostly black and gold mellow looking guy lying down on the floor next to the Doberman, witnessed Ally’s sudden death-it took less than ten seconds. I have deduced, after obsessively pondering everything that took place that night, as well as a few of the signs that had presented themselves for […]
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Writing: A Surprisingly Effective Antidote to Stress

  • Posted by Lin Wilder
  • On October 5, 2014
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While walking rapidly down the hall of the new hospital, in the new city, new state…new everything, three days after the move I had never planned to make, I was delighted to see the face of a good friend from Houston, never questioning why this physician would be in Massachusetts on a Monday morning in […]
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About Lin Wilder

I, Claudia is done.

About a week ago I sent the first draft to my readers. It always feels strange when you know a book is done. The arguing with yourself about length, “too long” or in this case, “too short” takes up time and energy but you know when the story is done.

So taking deep breaths and then sending it out for critique is the first of the many things writers do while grabbing our self-protective shields and readying for the onslaught.

I have never received such excellent feedback on a first draft. My reply is a most inarticulate “Wow!”

Just a few minor editorial changes and then…

  • To Laura
  • And then to Sally, proofreader.
  • Then to Nancy for publishing.

One that I have learned must be pushed- but not too hard. Or there will be unintended errors. Too many times I have ignored what I know and pushed because of scheduled events. Like the November 2nd forum here at home.

We have just finalized the details and if you are in the area, I hope to see you on Friday, November 2nd from 3pm to 5pm.

As always, thanks for checking out About Lin Wilder!

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