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Why You Should Celebrate The Milestones

Guest Blogger — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 11:01:44 +0000

Dawn Ius I’m going to let you in on a little secret—I didn’t land my agent from a slush pile. Mandy Hubbard—founder of Emerald City Literary Agency and affectionately known by me as Agent Awesome—never read a single sentence of a query from me. No full manuscript. No verbal pitch at a conference. No gushing […]

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Finish Your Novel One Stroke at a Time

Guest Blogger — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:01:17 +0000

Kathryn Craft Turning Whine Into Gold This is a picture of me at the age of 52, swimming the length of Trout Lake in northern New York. My husband Dave is trailing behind in a rowboat with a life preserver—you know, just in case. Off to the left is a loon who popped up to […]

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Talking Back to Your Brain

Guest Blogger — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:57:55 +0000

By Harry and Susan Squires Harry and I can’t tell you how many times we’ve heard from writers frustrated and “stuck” on their current work in progress. Often they say something like, “Why am I such a crummy writer?” “Why is this book so hard to write?” Or sometimes you hear people express goals like, […]

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Writing and Hershey Kisses

Laura Drake — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:30:00 +0000

by Laura Drake Some of my best ideas come to me while I’m riding my bicycle. I had an epiphany during a gorgeous Southern California ride yesterday. Several pieces fell in place at once; a major “Aha” moment. I love it when that happens! Piece 1: For anyone who is not familiar with Maslow, here’s […]

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