Margaret Duarte

Visionary Fiction

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Copyright in the Work You Create

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During a writers’ conference workshop sponsored by Friends of Elk Grove Library, Renee Morgan-Hampton, a litigation paralegal and author of Misrepresented, talked about getting a copyright in your work. Did you know that the moment you start writing your novel you have a copyright in the work you create?  © All Rights Reserved. The Copyright […]

Journal Treasures – Writing a Book

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While scavenging through old journals for inspiration, I came across an entry I’d written January 1, 2003 about writing a book. Writing a Book A new year begins.  A fresh start.  Many hopes.  Many dreams.  One of my wildest dreams is to complete my first novel.  I finished writing it a year ago, but it isn’t complete.  I’ve […]

Twelve Essential Writer Tools for Life and Sanity

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All authors need writer tools (Or should I say crutches?) to give them a boost when their writing is not going well.  In my case, make that twelve.  Twelve little crutches to support me as I limp through “The Between,” from creating to publishing my work. Morning Journal.  First thing every morning, I write in my […]

UC Davis Extension Creative Writing Courses

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Note to Reader: Unfortunately, since I wrote this post, the creative writing program through UC Davis Extension is no longer being offered. I’ve done my share of college writing.  I’m a college graduate after all. But when I started writing fiction instead of college essays and term papers, I stepped into a whole new world. Many fiction […]

Publishers Weekly Review

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On May 3, I received the prize for making it to the quarter-finalists in the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. A Publishers Weekly Review. And it didn’t disappoint. Don’t get me wrong.  Part of me hoped for a miracle, that the PW reviewer would say my novel was “best seller” material and that I was the […]