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WITS Throwdown: Social Media

by Fae Rowen To say that social media is not my strong suit is a lie. I'm not playing with a full deck; the social media suit is missing. And I don't care. I prefer to call someone rather than text them. Why? Because I want to hear the pitch, the inflection, the tone of […]

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Writing Process Throwdown: A Mess in My Pants

Mine is the last of our writing process throwdowns (or in my case, throw up). In case you missed the others, here they are: Fae, Orly, Jenny. I’ve been dreading this. Not because I’m embarrassed - I’m of the school that if it works, DO IT! I’m been more worried about how to explain my total […]

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Throwdown Part 2: Write What You Don't Know

by Fae Rowen When Laura Drake originally suggested this topic months ago  I knew I would be on the "don't know" end of the throwdown.  Everyone else at Writers in the Storm writes about what they know.  With Sharla Rae's historicals, she researches and researches until she has notebooks filled with information.  Jenny Hansen writes […]

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6 Key Lessons I’ve Learned From Horses: The Three T’s - Tools, Techniques & Time

 By D. A. Watt In my two previous blogs, I covered three other key lessons I've learned from horses; Attitude, Knowledge, and Imagination. Notice, talent is not included in my title. It’s not about talent; it’s about the three T’s of craft. If you’ve been writing for years, then you’ve got talent. My bet is you’ve […]

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Sweat Equity: Perspiration vs. Inspiration in Writing

By Laura Drake On Monday, our own Fae Rowen took on the Inspiration half of this discussion, brilliantly. You can read it here. When this throwdown was first suggested, all the WITS Bloggers assumed I’d take the Sweaty side. I don’t want to think about what that says about me. Or my deodorant. Why? Because […]

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