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Category Archives: Backstory
The National Post’s Afterword: Peggy Blair on Gorky Park
Hot off the online presses, here is an article I wrote for the National Post’s Afterword, and its regular feature: Old Book, New Author. It was published today. You can find it and other great articles by other authors, here: … Continue reading
Posted in Backstory, Marketing, Media
Tagged Afterword, Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith, National Post, Old Book-New Author, Peggy Blair
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Teasing out backstory
Some writers work out an entire backstory for their characters before they even start writing. (They usually develop plot outlines, too, and have the amazing capacity to write a book in one or two drafts, since they’ve spent so much time … Continue reading