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Reader Friday: Memories

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Joe Moore

What is one of your treasured memories? Have you ever used it in a book?

Reader Friday: Time Travel

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Joe Moore

You have a time machine that will let you travel to a place and time of your choosing, past or future. Where would you go, and why?

Reader Friday: Your Literary Meal

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Joe Moore

If you could choose one author from the past to have dinner with, who would it be? Where would you want to dine with this person? What would you order?

Most important, what questions would ask?

Reader Friday: Your Literary Meal

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Joe Moore

If you could choose one author from the past to have dinner with, who would it be? Where would you want to dine with this person? What would you order?

Most important, what questions would ask?

Reader Friday: The Agony of Defeat

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Joe Moore

What’s an early memory of failure or defeat? How did you handle it? What did you learn, and how does it apply to your writing life?

Reader Friday: Other Things That Matter

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Joe Moore

Writers think about writing all the time. Self-publishing writers have to add all the business aspects of publishing, and everybody is on social media. It’s easy to get so focused on writing stuff that other things in life get fuzzy.

So today, take off your writing hat for a moment and talk about something else that matters to you.

Reader Friday: The Bucket List

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Joe Moore

What’s something you haven’t done yet that you absolutely must do before you kick that bucket? Do you plan to write about it?

Reader Friday: Validation

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Joe Moore

Had lunch with a writer who says he is not going to self-publish because he doesn’t want to hurt his chances of getting a traditional contract. He said he wants the “validation” that comes from being accepted by a major publishing house.

All writers look for some metric that tells them their writing matters to someone. So here’s today’s question: What form of validation do you seek?

Reader Friday: The Writer’s Craft Library

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Joe Moore

A Kill Zone regular, Steve Hooley, asked about sharing favorite writing craft books. Sounds like a good idea. So list two or three from your library and why you’d recommend them (for purposes of today’s comment section, please exclude the writing books by any of the blogsters here at TKZ. We don’t want you to feel obligated!)

Reader Friday: Alone

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Joe Moore

Writers spend a lot of time alone. So do omnivorous readers. What was a situation you once had to face alone? How did you handle it?