Author Archives: Donna Maloy, Author

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About Donna Maloy, Author

Captivating romantic suspense. History, mystery, and sometimes... a little touch of fantasy.

Wednesday Words for Writers: CopyEditor

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Donna Maloy, Author

Copyeditor: a person who edits a manuscript, text, etc., for publication, especially to find and correct errors in style, punctuation, and grammar. Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 21 Jul. 2015. This is not the person who tells you to drop … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Teen Talks: Boston Area Writer Workshops

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Donna Maloy, Author

“In Boston, you can’t lob a live ferret without hitting a successful writer.” –GrubStreet.org Since 1997, GrubStreet has been one of the nation’s leading creative writing centers – working to harness that creative energy to make Boston “the hub of … Continue reading →

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Monday Advice from Agents and Editors: Face the Consequences

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Donna Maloy, Author

If I haven’t said it before, one of my all-time favorite blogs to follow is Kathy Temean’s Writing and Illustrating. She covers the world of writers with in-depth author, agent and publisher interviews. Her interviews with artists actually feature step-by-step … Continue reading →

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The most famous author you never heard of

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Donna Maloy, Author

Did you ever hear of the prolific author Mildred Wirt Benson? No? It’s possible you know her under one of her pseudonyms (including Carolyn Keene) or have read one of her Nancy Drew stories. But here’s a story about her … Continue reading →

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Monday Advice from Agents and Editors – The High-Stakes Story

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Donna Maloy, Author

Nicole Tourtelot has been a literary agent at Kuhn Projects since 2012. Before that, she worked in the literary department at ICM Partners (literary and talent agency), in the fiction department of Esquire magazine, and as a researcher for the Freakonomics authors. … Continue reading →

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