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TOM CLANCY’S 5 BIG RULES FOR WRITING AND LIFE

By: Camille Sweeney and Josh Gosfield

Tom Clancy, the insurance agent turned superpower thriller novelist, died yesterday at the age of 66, leaving behind a legacy that includes blockbuster books (over 100 million copies of his books in print), movies, even videos games. Although he didn’t set down a list of writing tips for posterity––or at least, if he did, it’s still stealthily unrevealed––through interviews and lectures Clancy offered advice that can be applied to any style of writing.

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If you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again: 

1. Blogging: Blogger Blogs & Email Subscriptions | Self-Published Authors Helping Other Authors http://ow.ly/pD3Pc
2. No-inventory publishing changes everything for everybody | The Passive Voice | http://ow.ly/pD3WP
3. Most Common Mistakes: Characters Who Lack Solid Story Goals - Helping Writers Become Authors http://ow.ly/pD3YN
4. Novel Rocket: Ten Steps to a Creating a Book Launch Team http://ow.ly/pD46m
5. Showing vs. Telling: When Is Telling Okay? | Jami Gold, Paranormal Author http://ow.ly/pD4aJ
6. Anne R. Allen's Blog: The Writer's Toolbox #2: More Must-Have Tools for Writers http://ow.ly/pD4fX
7. Look Into the Future of Reading Through Young Eyes | Digital Book World http://ow.ly/pD4jQ
8. Seeking the Write Life: Self-Editing #6 - Clean Up Crew: Punctuation http://ow.ly/pD4nV
9. Amazon Upgrades Whispersync to Offer Seamless Ebook to Audio Book Experience | Digital Book World http://ow.ly/pD4lP
10. Inspiration Days: Six Ideas for Writers | YA Muses http://ow.ly/pDDoG
11. Tom Clancy’s 5 big rules for writing and life - Salon.com http://ow.ly/pDDuR
12. Lousy First Draft http://ow.ly/pDFhT
13. Need an Attitude Adjustment? Screenwriting Tips on How to Approach Your Work « nofilmschool http://ow.ly/pDGUh
14. If Your Mystery Needs Complexity | Mystery Writing is Murder http://ow.ly/pDGY1
15. Are You Writing in the Right Medium For You? | Just Effing Entertain Me http://ow.ly/pDIlN
16. 10 Techniques for More Precise Writing http://ow.ly/pDOSK
17. VQR » Blog » Is Self-Publishing the Most Important Transformation in the Publishing Industry? http://ow.ly/pEBoF
18. The Power of Sacred Time: The Writers Edition http://ow.ly/pEDOu
19. 3 Types of Awkward References to Numbers http://ow.ly/pFk6c
20. Why unsuccessful writers give the best advice - Salon.com http://ow.ly/pFkfy
21. How to Craft Perfect Posts for Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter [SlideShare] http://ow.ly/pFlsI 

Happy writing & running, Kathy

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