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SiWC 2011 – Squeaked in on the early-bird deal!
I just clicked send on my registration for the Surrey International Writers Conference, October 21-23. Three days of writing immersion! Also signed up for a Thursday master class with the amazing Diana...
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Writers’ workspaces
Maggie Gee's writing room. Photo by Eamonn McCabe. If you’ve read this post, then you know I’m a home decorating/design junkie. I do more than my share to keep the shelter magazine business viable. I’m...
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Must-read words for writing moms
Photo: Wikipedia Confession: I have a girl crush on Maggie Stiefvater. And not just for the mad writing skills that put her books on the NYT bestseller list. At only 31, she’s also an accomplished...
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“Watch this” Wednesday: Revenge of the Rejected
Rejection letters are one of the soul-crushing realities of life as a writer. Per all the wisdom of the interwebs, we’re to take them with a grain of salt. It’s only one person’s opinion, after all. A...
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12 steps to better blog promotion
I was doing a little surfing this Sunday morning and discovered these terrific blog promotion tips from DivvyHQ. Their visual checklist is offered up freely for sharing. Head over to DivvyHQ’s website...
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Bad-ass ninjas can save your town
I curl up every night with picture books and early reader tales, thanks to the offspring. But I’m one of the seemingly tiny minority of people on the planet who hasn’t been swept up in the YA fiction...
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Friday Five
Five random things that helped make this a good week . . . Author Jordan Dane posted yesterday at The Kill Zone authors blog on five key ways to make your characters memorable. It came at the perfect...
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“Watch this” Wednesday: Gay Talese
Have you seen the New Yorker’s wonderful profile of journalist Gay Talese and his “underground think tank?” I loved hearing about his writing process and seeing how he collects and collages the...
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