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Posts by: Orcutt

  1. It’s All About the Reader January 6, 2012

    Posted in A Real Piece of Work, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Publishing & the Marketplace, The Dakota Stevens Mysteries Series.

    1 comment
  2. A Shattered Paradigm December 30, 2011

    Posted in Craft, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Personal Essay, Publishing & the Marketplace, Technology & the Internet, Writing Experiences.

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  3. An Open Thank You Letter to Readers December 17, 2011

    Posted in A Real Piece of Work, Fiction Writing, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Personal Essay, Publishing & the Marketplace, The Dakota Stevens Mysteries Series, Writing Experiences.

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  4. Chris Orcutt’s Barbaric Yawp December 10, 2011

    Posted in A Real Piece of Work, Dramatic Writing, Fiction Writing, Journalism, Personal Essay, Speechwriting, Technical Writing, The Dakota Stevens Mysteries Series, The Rich Are Different, Web Content, Writers, Writing Experiences.

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  5. You Don’t Need a Kindle to Read A Real Piece of Work December 9, 2011

    Posted in A Real Piece of Work, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Publishing & the Marketplace, Technology & the Internet, The Dakota Stevens Mysteries Series.

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  6. Take It Easy, Young Man December 7, 2011

    Posted in Fiction Writing, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Personal Essay, Publishing & the Marketplace, Technology & the Internet, Writing Experiences.

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  7. 1,000 Mysteries and the Ideal Reader December 6, 2011

    Posted in Fiction Writing, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Personal Essay, Publishing & the Marketplace, Writing Experiences.

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  8. What I Learned While Publishing the Dakota Stevens Series on Kindle December 2, 2011

    Posted in Computers & Software, Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Publishing & the Marketplace, Technology & the Internet, Writing Tools.

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  9. Why I’m Publishing My P.I. Series on Kindle November 27, 2011

    Posted in Fiction Writing, Personal Essay, Publishing & the Marketplace, Writing Experiences.

    7 comments
  10. Love Story to Sweetie June 19, 2011

    Posted in Personal Essay.

    38 comments
  11. A Chasing After Wind June 24, 2009

    Posted in Personal Essay, Technology & the Internet, Web Content, Writing Experiences.

    3 comments
  12. The Dilemma of the 21st Century Writer March 1, 2009

    Posted in Craft, Technology & the Internet, Writing Experiences, Writing Tools.

    1 comment
  13. Farewell, Millbrook Round Table February 18, 2009

    Posted in Journalism, Personal Essay, Publishing & the Marketplace, Technology & the Internet, Writers, Writing Experiences.

    20 comments
  14. The Secret Life of Chris Orcutt December 23, 2008

    Posted in Personal Essay, Writers.

    7 comments
  15. Preparing for Success: An Addendum December 15, 2008

    Posted in Personal Essay.

    4 comments
  16. My Favorite Books: Nabokov’s Lolita November 21, 2008

    Posted in Favorite Books, Writers.

    1 comment
  17. My Favorite Books: Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast October 25, 2008

    Posted in Favorite Books, Writers.

    3 comments
  18. Dreamstorming September 9, 2008

    Posted in Craft.

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  19. Where Am I Headed? August 11, 2008

    Posted in Personal Essay.

    1 comment
  20. The Beauty of Film Noir July 24, 2008

    Posted in Personal Essay.

    3 comments
  21. My Typewriter Fetish July 21, 2008

    Posted in Typewriters, Writing Tools.

    4 comments
  22. My Granite Reminder February 19, 2008

    Posted in Personal Essay.

    1 comment
  23. Polishing February 15, 2008

    Posted in Craft.

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  24. What the Hell Are Syntactic Slots? February 8, 2008

    Posted in Craft.

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  25. Love Makes Me Write, Not Self-Discipline February 3, 2008

    Posted in Craft, Personal Essay, Writers, Writing Experiences.

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  26. Lines I Can’t Wait to Use (but won’t get the chance) January 29, 2008

    Posted in Personal Essay.

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  27. Why Do I Have a Thing for Alices? January 28, 2008

    Posted in Personal Essay.

    6 comments
  28. Goodbye MS Word, You Lousy Whore January 26, 2008

    Posted in Computers & Software, Technology & the Internet, Writing Tools.

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  29. The Only Thing You Can Control January 22, 2008

    Posted in Craft, Personal Essay, Publishing & the Marketplace, Writers.

    2 comments
  30. Preparing for Success September 28, 2007

    Posted in Personal Essay.

    1 comment
  31. The Masters of Narrative Drive April 26, 2007

    Posted in Craft, Writers.

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  32. Cutting March 13, 2007

    Posted in Craft.

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  33. On the Virtues of Typewriters and Pencils October 20, 2006

    Posted in Pencils, Technology & the Internet, Typewriters, Writing Tools.

    2 comments