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		<title>Another Round of How-To</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the first of three posts on How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy &#38; Science Fiction, Edited by J. N. Williamson.  The book is a collection of How-To articles by some of the best horror writers, circa 1987.
Late last year I did a series of posts on On Writing Horror, another collection of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Measuring Quality &#8211; Words or Pages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm a couple weeks into my second term in Seton Hill's MA WPF program.  My thesis is a marketable horror novel, targeted at 350 pages.  My personal goal is to complete the 1st draft by the end of this term, and spend the rest of my program editing and revision.  Or rewriting if my mentors [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidlday.com/2010/01/31/measuring-quality-words-or-pages/</link>
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		<title>Back to work&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just got back from residency orientation @ Seton Hill.  It's nice to be back, even if it meant driving 4 hours through snow.  I had a great break, had a couple of good reads while I was off.  First was John Scalzi's Old Man's War, a very entertaining science fiction book.  It's not my typical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidlday.com/2010/01/08/back-to-work/</link>
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		<title>A Bit of a Break</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been on break from school since beginning of November, so I took the opportunity to brush up on mechanics.  Specifically, I took a much-needed browse through the old Elements of Style.  Good little book.  But, I wanted more.  So, I found a more contemporary take on style, Sin and Syntax, by Constance Hale.  It's [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidlday.com/2009/12/01/a-bit-of-a-break/</link>
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		<title>Down to Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the end, writing is like any other endeavor.  Sure, there is a significant and compelling creative aspect to it, almost mystical at times.  It doesn't just happen, though.  The magic comes through sweat and rigor.  King lays this out in his final section of On Writing.
His opinion is that there are 4 classes of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tools of the Trade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In part two of On Writing, King gives an overview of what he considers the essential tools for every writer's toolbox.  The analogy is interesting, and the story he provides at the start demonstrates an excellent point: Always have all your tools with you so you can tackle any unexpected situation.
So what goes in this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidlday.com/2009/10/18/tools-of-the-trade/</link>
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		<title>A Fogged-Out Landscape</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's wonderful how much we can learn from stories, particularly when well told.  Stephen King spends the first part of his book, On Writing, by walking the reader through a series of 'fogged-out' memories.  The book itself is about writing.  But he sets the stage by doing what he does best, and tells the story [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidlday.com/2009/10/17/a-fogged-out-landscape/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;On Writing&#8230; oh, to hell with it.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last section of "On Writing Horror" is all about the business aspect of being a writer.  It provides a nice overview of the current markets, good resources for research and promotion, and some worthwhile advice from editors and writers alike.
Here's the advice I'm taking right now, given by Night Shade Books:
Write what you think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidlday.com/2009/10/15/on-writing-oh-to-hell-with-it/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;On Writing Horror&#8221; &#8211; Part Seven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 7 of On Writing Horror is titled "Genre and Subgenre", but the 10 articles also cover concerns with medium as well (screenplay, theater, audio).
Archetypes and Fearful Allure: Writing Erotic Horror, Nancy Kilpatrick
I really struggled with this one.  Kilpatrick seems to rely heavily on the concept of Archetypes, and the just of her advice can [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidlday.com/2009/10/15/on-writing-horror-part-7/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;On Writing Horror&#8221; &#8211; Part Six</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part 6 of On Writing Horror is titled "Tradition and Modern Times", a series of articles covering horror tradition and its place in our modern literature.
No More Silver Mirrors: The Monster in Our Times, Karen E. Taylor
Taylor addresses how the old monsters can be made new again.  She's got some good advice, and I'll get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidlday.com/2009/10/11/on-writing-horror-part-six/</link>
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