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I try my best to make this site something you'll find useful. Here are the polls I've put together, and what other folks have voted and/or said.

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Holly Lisle's Writing Updates Newsletter

How often should I mail out the HLWU newsletter?
Once every other week
Once a week
Twice a week
  
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What Kind of Writer Are You?

What kind of writer are you?
BEGINNER: I know I want to write, but I'm not sure how to start or keep going.
INTERMEDIATE: I write sometimes, but don't usually finish what I write (or love what I finish).
ADVANCED: I write and finish work regularly, and am looking for new techniques and refinements.
  
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How To Revise Your Novel

Which parts of revising your novel are giving you the most trouble?
Keeping track of all the story threads.
Making the characters be the people they need to be.
Knowing which parts are good enough to keep.
Keeping the promises I made in the beginning.
Promises? What promises?
Making the story matter to me now that the first draft is done.
Being entertaining.
Getting my prose clear and intelligible.
Maintaining respect for the readers who are the market for the book.
Keeping the core of the story central to the work.
Knowing how to identify and cull unnecessary characters.
Knowing how to make unnecessary scenes necessary.
Keeping myself from trashing everything I've done as a hopeless wreck.
Bringing myself to make necessary cuts (All those WORDS!)
Something else (ask questions and leave comments below.)
  
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MY LATEST NOVELS

THE SILVER DOOR
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The Silver Door, by Holly Lisle

My Story
Light Through Fog
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Light Through Fog (short story) by Holly Lisle
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