Category Archives: Topaz

A QUITTER OR A SUCCESS

Posted on June 21, 2010 by veldabrotherton

It may seem strange for me to say this, but the first step in getting published is to produce a complete body of work that is the best you have ever written. Some writers try to go at it backwards … Continue reading →

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How to Have a Writing Career

Posted on July 20, 2009 by veldabrotherton

When I first started writing I had an electric typewriter from Sears and a desk in the kitchen. At the end of a day I’d be ankle deep in ripped out pages which I’d rewritten tenaciously. Four novels later I … Continue reading →

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The busyness of writing

Posted on August 3, 2008 by veldabrotherton

Some twenty-four years ago, when I first ventured out to blend in with other writers because I had written a book and some of my first work was being published in weekly newspapers, I never dreamed how today would be. … Continue reading →

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Update on the Writing Life

Posted on June 30, 2008 by veldabrotherton

OptimismA blog about writing should occasionally contains something to do with writing. Here’s a rundown on what I’m accomplishing as a writer during these hard times. Since the first of the year I’ve finished two books, a paranormal and a … Continue reading →