Mirka Muse

Musings about the writing life and life in general

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Respect Your Work

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“Should I pay to be published?”   Not a week goes by when I don’t bump into some variation of this question. I’m newly baffled by it be...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

A Time to be Quiet

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“If a person feels he can’t communicate, the least he can do is shut up about it.”                                                      ...
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Monday, January 14, 2013

It Will Be All Right, Or- How to Overcome Fear of Author Events

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I thought that since I am now the Grand Maven of Authorly Events, having just had my very first book reading/talk/signing party, I can b...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Is an E-book a Real Book?

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Or What’s REAL anyway? A writing colleague asked the other day, “is an E-book not a real book?” She had a reason to ask it th...
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Keep the Child in View

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As blogosphere joins most other spheres in New Year’s lists and resolutions, I’m determined not to. Oh, I can’t beat them, but I won’t joi...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas in West Jerusalem

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Our family has established our own Jewish tradition for Christmas, inspired by my childhood in west Jerusalem in the early sixties. We ...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Shades of Gray

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Because one blogger compared my book to it, and another writer thought The Voice of Thunder belonged on the bookshelf along side it, I a...
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Friday, December 14, 2012

Let it Shine...

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From our home to yours, taken moments ago...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Holiday Time is Not for Dieting

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Dieters and health fanatics, beware. This is not a post for you. An acquaintance passed on to me what she felt was a fantastic new reci...
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

The Great Business of Publishing

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With all the angst, tribulations, anguish and trials writers go through on the road to publication, it’s no wonder we whine, cuss, and e...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

What Does This Rejection MEAN?

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A few days ago one of the kid-lit writers on my favorite chat-board asked if there was a code to decipher the ubiquitous rejections that s...
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Monday, November 19, 2012

Timely and Timeless

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When I first began querying editors with what was then a story picture book called The Voice of Thunder , my query included the word tim...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Can Opposites Both Be Right?

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A person much smarter than I am said this: “ The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth ma...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

NaNoWriMo

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NaNoWriMo, that Klingon-ish sounding word, is setting the American writing world on fire. Haven’t heard? Think I’m kidding? Think I slippe...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Let It Be Enough

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On one of the kid-lit writers’ chat boards, a multi-published author was lamenting her lot. Yes, she has a great agent, a strong major pub...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Author, AUTHOR!

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We’ve all heard we must not let others define us. But last Saturday I did, and it was one of those * moments .* Whatever you may say about...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

STORIES TO DIE FOR

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Some years ago, when thought of writing with the intention to publish was still a private one, I got the best advice. This bit of advice s...
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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

BOOKS as FRIENDS

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“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. And inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx   Let me linger wit...
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Temptations

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I generally avoid temptation, unless I can’t resist it. I should avoid bookstores when money is tight. I always tell myself I’ll just...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Asking for Forgiveness

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On the eve of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, we are to ask others for forgiveness for offenses committed in the past year. “If...
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