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Great and gracious greetings! Being an author is like being an actor or a door-to-door salesman. There's lots of rejection and...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Nov 18, 20145 min read
Sometimes Someone's Gots to Die: Killing Off Fictional Characters
In the midst of my Kickstarter campaign for Frame Shop, Gail Martin offered to let me do a guest blog post on Killing Off Fictional...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Oct 19, 20144 min read
Writing Characters to Fit the Plot
During the Kickstarter for Frame Shop, Jennifer Brozek, a prolific writer and fellow GenCon Writers' Symposium panelist, let me do a...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Oct 19, 20144 min read
Writers' Group Dynamics
Janine Spendlove let me guest blog on her site during the Kickstarter for Frame Shop because, well, she's generally a swell friend. Check...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Oct 2, 20147 min read
Planning Your Kickstarter: Pre-Launch
As most of you probably know by now, I launched a Kickstarter today for my novella, Frame Shop. It’s a mystery/thriller set in a writers’...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Mar 11, 20144 min read
Making the Worst Possible Decision at Every Opportunity
It’s a staple of writing thrillers that the stakes and the difficulties for the protagonist must keep ratcheting up throughout the story....
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Sep 15, 20134 min read
The Pros and Cons of Novellas
I'm a writer, but I confess I haven't written a book in a while. I've written a number of short stories recently and two novellas under...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Jun 11, 20136 min read
Writers are Suspicious Folk
When I was in law school, at The University of Chicago on the south side of the city, I dated someone from one of the tony, rich suburbs...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Dec 8, 20114 min read
What to Get Your Favorite Writer or Writing Friend for Christmas
Tis the shopping season, which immediately precedes the giving season, so I suspect that many of you clicking onto this blog are...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Nov 13, 20113 min read
Writing for Free, No; Writing for Charity for Free, Yes
I'm not a big fan of writers writing for free or of the various websites, anthologies, and (mostly literary) magazines which expect...
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Donald J. Bingle, Writer on Demand
Oct 29, 20114 min read
Telling People at Work You're a Writer
If you are a full-time writer without a day-job, this post is not for you. But if, like most writers, you have a day-job to pay the bills...
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