Nina Munteanu

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Writer’s Digest FREE Webinar!

August 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Hello writers! Have you watched my FREE webinar ”Get Published with Nina, The Writing Coach” through Writer’s Digest University yet? It’s still running by popular demand.
The letter from the Editor in the August 10, 2010 Writer’s Digest Newsletter said:
We often get people asking if we offer free webinars. Well, this week those folks (and you) are in luck: [...]

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Tags: Writing Workshops · writers · writing · writing tips

The Writing Life

January 23rd, 2010 · 9 Comments

Hi there!
You’ve landed on the website of Nina Munteanu, internationally published Canadian SF author and ecologist.  Nina is living her dream of the writing life!  She is currently putting the finishing touches on her next science fiction novel.  And if you’re lucky, you might catch her at one of her writing workshops where she coaches great [...]

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Tags: Darwin's Paradox · SF · SF writer · The Alien Next Door · Uncategorized · books · literature · published author · publishing · reading · sci-fi · science fiction · science fiction and fantasy · scifi · sf author · sf girl · writers · writing · writing tips

The Novelist: Common Pitfalls of the Beginning Writer—Part 2: Language

June 18th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Are you just starting to write? Or better yet, nervously thinking of sending your cherished tome out? You may wish to do one more round of edits and apply these five things that I guarantee will improve your story:
1. Voice: This is the feel and tone that applies to the overall book (narrative voice) and [...]

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Tags: beginning writer · books · editing · literature · novel · novelist · writers · writing · writing tips

The Novelist: Common Pitfalls of the Beginning Writer—Part 1 (Characters)

May 21st, 2008 · 7 Comments

Have you ever wondered how an editor decides not to read your cherished tome past the second paragraph of the first page and has pegged you as a beginning writer? This used to really bug me… Well, as a published author and occasional mentor, I do from time to time read manuscripts (please don’t send [...]

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Darwin’s Paradox by Nina Munteanu

November 2nd, 2007 · 12 Comments

Well, it’s Friday again and time for my Friday Feature. First of all, a little sharing…Folks, my book, Darwin’s Paradox will be arriving at bookstores all over the world on November 15th, less than two weeks from now and I can tell you that I am unabashedly excited by it. Besides Amazon (e.g., in the [...]

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Tags: Darwin's Paradox · Dragon Moon Press · Nina Munteanu · books · published author · science fiction · writers · writing