Nina Munteanu

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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What’s Stopping You From Publishing Your Book?

Yes, I’m a successfully published author with acclaimed novels, short stories and essays published all over the world.  But I almost didn’t get there. What if I told you that I never read as a kid, I was the worst speller in my school and I used bad grammar? [...]

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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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One of the most important devices to spice up narrative and increase pace is the use of dialogue. There’s a reason for this: we read dialogue more quickly; it’s written in more fluid, conversational English; it tends to create more white space on a page with less dense text, more pleasing to the reader’s eye. [...]

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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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