Posts Tagged ‘Salmagundi Club’

Salmagundi, We Hardly Knew Ye

Today is the last-ever Eve’s Salmagundi Club… there are tears and a few laughs, too… and we’re going out with a Nicola Morgan-inspired bang… Eve’s fans need not fret – she’ll be back in the …

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Me & You & Mary Sue

Do you know what a “Mary Sue” character is?  In today’s Eve’s Salmagundi Club, we’re investigating this strange phenomenon that owes its origin to fan fiction, but has now gone thoroughly mainstream with the Twilight …

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Live From The Canarian Islands

Eve’s Salmagundi Club comes to us live and direct from Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, where it’s an impressive 90 degrees (London is shivering in damp grey mist). But doesn’t the eternal sunshine of paradise …

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It’s Not Who You Know, It’s Who Who You Know Knows

Monday’s Eve’s Salmagundi Club features an insightful straw poll that sheds some light on the myth (or is it?) that it’s incredibly hard to get a book published without having prior connections within the industry.  …

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A Thousand Words

If it’s true that a picture is worth a thousand words (and the case has not been conclusively proven either for or against) then what are we to make of the current Flash Fiction contest …

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The Myth of Sacred Writing Time

Today’s Eve’s Salmagundi Club looks at “The Myth of Sacred Writing Time” – defined as “the belief that in order to seriously pursue your writing it’s necessary to carve out an IDEAL time, place and …

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Writers’ Retreat or Writers Retreating?

Today’s Eve’s Salmagundi Club is looking at writers’ retreats – are they a fountain of inspiration for the harried writer – or a just a distracting fantasy? And speaking of holidays, Peter is away for …

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The Way We Used To Be

Happy Labor Day to all our American listeners! Today’s Eve’s Salmagundi Club kicks back a little and looks at the the way the publishing industry used to be – when London and New York were …

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Stop Thief!

How can you stop people stealing your great ideas? That’s the sujet-du-jour for today’s Eve’s Salmagundi Club.
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All The Fun of the Fair

The world’s largest public celebration of the written word has just kicked off -  the Edinburgh International Book Festival is open from now until the end of the month, with over 700 events packed into …

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And So, My Fellow Litopians…

Eve’s Salmagundi Club continues for an unprecedented second day, as we carry on our discussion of what Litopia can offer the aspiring writer.  And by the way – isn’t Eve looking good these days?
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What Have You Done For Me Lately, Litopia?

A post inside the Colony prompts today’s Eve’s Salmagundi Club – unusually introspective, because instead of looking at other writing-related websites on the net, we’re examining our own.  What is the point of communities such …

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Yank!

The widespread concern over authors’ involvement with their jacket cover design – or rather, with their lack of involvement – continues to reverberate round the ‘net.  On today’s Eve’s Salmagundi Club, we take the debate …

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Holden Caulfield’s Revenge

Concluding our insider’s guide to “those other” pages in a book – the ones that authors don’t write – we’re looking at dedications, prefaces, introductions, footnotes, indices and appendices.  Phew!
In today’s Write Report, Donna reveals …

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The Gorilla That is Amazon Becomes A Publisher

Continuing our insider’s guide to “those other” pages in a book – the ones that authors don’t write – what can your learn (professionally) from the table of contents and the acknowledgements?  A heck of …

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