March 5th, 2021
Shifting Gears in Your Writing
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Blogging Guests | Writer's Life
by James Preston
I remember being 14 years-old and getting my first driving lesson, which consisted of sitting behind the wheel of my dad’s 1960 Ford Galaxy while it was parked in our driveway. The idea was for me to get familiar with the pedals and controls, but I used the time to entertain my mom.… Read the post
February 5th, 2020
Time and the DVD Shortcut
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Writer's Life | WriterStrong
by James Preston
Time is your friend . . . and your enemy.
You can never have enough. Yet it can stretch, minutes to seeming hours, in a boring movie that your date loves. It can race by when you’re writing to meet a deadline.… Read the post
February 17th, 2017
Drive On, Writers - Reasons to Keep Plugging
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Blogging Guests | Inspiration
James Preston
I want to tell you a story. No, not one I wrote, one I lived. This story is an illustration of a lifetime of reading, and a story that I bet you read and say, “Why, yes, I remember a book like that.”… Read the post
April 8th, 2015
Reading as a Writer -- Is It Different?
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Blogging Guests | Writing Craft
When I was growing up I read a lot.
I had a pattern, a way that I approached books that just evolved sort of on its own. I'd read for a while, get to a really good part and then go off and do something else, something mindless.… Read the post
December 1st, 2014
Writing Conference Wisdom: A Whirlwind of Speed Dating
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Writer's Life
We write to entertain, to share our experience, or because we have a story that simply must be told. But it's not easy. Let's be honest. If you studied piano for the same number of hours you put into your writing you could at least pound out "Jingle Bells" at the company party.… Read the post
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