Merry

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Name: Merry Banerji
Date registered: November 29, 2011
URL: http://www.meredithbond.com

Biography

I am a writer of Young Adult fantasy, adult fantasy and Regency romance. I've been teaching writing for the past five years and have a new beginning writing book out called Chapter One (available wherever you buy books on-line). Warning -- every once in a while I may be moved to post something about my knitting passion.

Latest posts

Is it me? — May 20, 2012
Is it bad to be free? — May 13, 2012
Something Amazing! — May 6, 2012
Zzzzzz… huh? Yes, another great retreat! — April 29, 2012
No, Seriously — April 24, 2012

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May 20

Is it me?

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Self-publishing

Branding is tricky. Advertising specialists spend months, if not years, testing out different logos, tag lines, colors, and fonts on focus groups and company executives. My son came up with the new colors I’m using for my website in about five minutes. All right, maybe ten. With me standing over his shoulder saying, “hmmm, maybe …

Tags: advertising, branding, logos

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May 13

Is it bad to be free?

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Self-publishing

When you go to the supermarket, do you shop the sales, or do you buy by brand? If you need a shirt, do you first look to see if it’s on sale somewhere, or do you just go out to your favorite store and buy what you need regardless of the price? If you’re like …

Tags: free ebooks, indie publishing, pricing ebooks

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May 06

Something Amazing!

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Self-publishing

It astounds me how wonderful people can be — and how supportive. I joined a group of writers called the Writer’s Guide to E-Publishing (WG2E) Street Team a little while ago. These people (none of whom have I ever met in person) are the most supportive group of writers I’ve met outside of the Washington …

Tags: Free Book, WG2E

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Apr 29

Zzzzzz… huh? Yes, another great retreat!

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Writing

Wow, another fabulous WRW retreat is over. Just like that, in the blink of an….zzzzzzzz….. ok, well, maybe my eyes didn’t stay closed for long enough this past weekend, but I sure did have a great time. Somehow, this year I didn’t hear as many terrific talks as I usually do — I think I …

Tags: Ritual Death, writing, WRW Retreat

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Apr 24

No, Seriously

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This is going to be great. Honestly. And I am going to write that World Building blog as I promised yesterday. I’m just a little snowed under right now. But I’m digging, people, I’m digging. Thanks, again, for your patience

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Apr 22

Getting There

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We’re getting there!! Slowly, but surely. Notice anything strange here? Yup, I’ve lost about two months worth of blogs! It’s all my fault, I tried to do some fancy coding and messed it up. I’ll get them put back up (happily, I keep copies of all my blogs on my computer). I’m also …

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Apr 15

We Have the Power

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Self-publishing

I’ve been asked a number of times this week why I don’t separate the publishing course I teach into one on how to get traditionally published and one on how to get self-published. There’s a very simple answer to that — I don’t believe we should completely dismiss the traditional publishing market. Yes, we live …

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Apr 01

Where Do You Do It?

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Method, Writing

I’ve been asked to put together a course for very beginning writers to teach them how to get started writing and how to organize themselves. I thought of a four class course: Day 1) Organize your space and time; Day 2) Organize your thoughts on paper; Day 3) Organize your thoughts virtually; Day 4) Organize …

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Mar 25

The Middle

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WIP, Writing

The crisis, the point of no return, the middle of the book, whatever you want to call it — that’s where I am now in my WIP (work in progress). I’m writing the third book in my YA trilogy, The Children of Avalon. I’m really looking forward to getting the series finished — it’s something …

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Mar 18

This is your brain…

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Writing, Writing Craft

There was a fascinating article in the NY Times on the 17th of March all about how our brains react to fiction. Called “Your Brain on Fiction”, the article explains how our brains react to the different descriptions we use in our writing. The best example the author, Annie Murphy Paul, used was the difference …

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Is it me?

Is it bad to be free?

Something Amazing!

Zzzzzz… huh? Yes, another great retreat!

No, Seriously

Getting There

We Have the Power

Where Do You Do It?

The Middle

This is your brain…

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