December 19th, 2018
Top 10 Writing Success Tips from Ray Bradbury
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Craft
Over the last few months, I've shared "Top 10" lists from several authors on the topics of writing and success. To close out the year, I chose Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine and The Martian Chronicles.… Read the post
November 28th, 2018
NaNoSlackMo: What To Do When November Gets Crazy
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Writer's Life
We're officially in the holiday season, a time that sends many writers into a tizzy of stress and deadlines and too many sweets. Many of my friends are past the NaNo-Mania and looking forward to their holidays, but I'm on the fence.… Read the post
October 17th, 2018
The Bikini Wax Theory of Writing
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Inspiration | Writer's Life
Some people talk about writing like they are chasing butterflies along the pretty garden paths of their manuscripts. Like their words frolic with Disney characters. They speak of churning out pages like a high-end laser printer.
I am not one of those people.… Read the post
October 8th, 2018
To Nano or Not To Nano...
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Inspiration | Writer's Life
NaNoWriMo, for those of you who are unfamiliar with it, is National Novel Writing Month, where hundreds of thousands of writers gather to bang out as many words as they can in the month of November. Many writers skip it and many writers treat it as a yearly pilgrimage to Writing Mecca.… Read the post
September 10th, 2018
Have You Lost Touch With Your Avid Inner Reader?
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Inspiration | Writer's Life
From our earliest moments, most writers are avid readers. We devour books — for story, for craft, for new worlds and new ideas.
I don’t know if we become students of the written word because we love to read or if we read because we were born to love the written word.… Read the post
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