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Rewriting Adam Pre-book Cover Reveal

After much feedback from my followers on Facebook, my book cover is finished. Firstly, I want to say thank you to ALL those who...

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Connie Inglis

Apr 1
3 min

Bumps in the Road. Rocks in my Head.

It's been a rough month for me. How about for you? Dear Reader/Follower. I must apologize. I've been pretty quiet on social media of any...

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Putao. Putao. Wherefore art thou, Putao?

Connie Inglis

Mar 2
2 min

Putao. Putao. Wherefore art thou, Putao?

Putao. Where in the world is that? And why am I writing about it? Does this map help you? Or maybe these names will give you more clue:...

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Connie Inglis

Feb 1
2 min

That UNSETTLING first line.

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." George Orwell, 1984. The novel that brought us "Big Brother,"...

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Connie Inglis

Jan 25
2 min

ANOTHER FAMOUS FIRST LINE

"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Thus begins Leo Tolstoy's novel, Anna Karenina (transl....

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"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

Connie Inglis

Jan 16
1 min

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

A novel's opening line. I've never been happy with mine. And so I've been reworking the opening scene to make it better. How do I improve...

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Connie Inglis

Dec 9, 2020
1 min

A Novel is Born

That fall, in a fiction-writing course, I wrote the first five chapters of a novel.

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Connie Inglis

May 12, 2020
2 min

Newbie Novelling

Snippets of life as a novelist working toward publishing my first novel. I have been working on a novel titled Rewriting Adam for the...

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Connie Mae Inglis

A Curious Hope

-expressions of hope from an inquisitive heart

Rewriting Adam Pre-book Cover Reveal

Bumps in the Road. Rocks in my Head.

Putao. Putao. Wherefore art thou, Putao?

That UNSETTLING first line.

ANOTHER FAMOUS FIRST LINE

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."

A Novel is Born

Newbie Novelling