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Belt Rankings for Writers

Guest Blogger — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 12:00:37 +0000

Kathryn Craft Turning Whine Into Gold We have just experienced the longest night of the year, when keeping hope alive is a real challenge for those with seasonal affective disorder, those grieving losses, or those writers experiencing the Long Night of the Pre-Published Soul. It is hard to want something for so many years, so […]

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Writing Agreement # 3: Don’t Make Assumptions

Guest Blogger — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 11:01:21 +0000

Kathryn Craft Turning Whine into Gold In our ongoing look at what wisdom Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements can offer writers, we come to agreement number three. [Click here for Agreement 1 and Agreement 2.] Don’t Make Assumptions Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others […]

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What it Takes to Go the Distance

Guest Blogger — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 08:00:52 +0000

Laura here - Speaking of going the distance, I just wanted to let you know that I'm teaching a course, Submissions that Sell, the in February at Margie Lawson's Writers Academy. Need a query? Need to organize submissions? Covers everything except Synopsis. You can check it out Here. Now, on to the incredible Kathryn Craft! […]

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Turning Whine into Gold: Put Inner Conflict on Your Team

Guest Blogger — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:00:41 +0000

By Kathryn Craft Storytellers know that on the page, internal conflict is a writer’s best friend. But when that conflict emerges from voices inside the writer’s own head, where each wants to weigh in on the writer’s path and her way of walking along it, things can get confusing. Like a GPS whose discordant voices […]

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