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Speedreading
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: Dave Franco is absolutely relevant to this post A guest post from Ronald Anahaw: ? Like a chef with one recipe, I always ended up using the same ingredients to write memoir: pow, a splash of humor, bang, male friends more like brothers, zap, love interest. Order up, one awkward but boyishly…
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DFWCon Partners With WRiTE CLUB Again in 2016!
Originally posted on DFW Writers Conference: For years, our good friend DL Hammons has been running the WRiTE CLUB contest, a wonderful way to showcase writing talent from across the country. Last year, we partnered with him and gave away a full membership to DFWCon as a prize for first place. There were so many amazing…
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Wendy J. Fox: Reconciling book sales as a debut author
Originally posted on READ HER LIKE AN OPEN BOOK: When I found out my first book had been accepted for publication, I did not have dreams of a bestseller or fame; I mostly experienced relief. While I’d published in magazines and anthologies, suddenly there was a book of my own. There was the sheer,…
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On “the Terrible Efficiency of Gaslighting”
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: e.v. de cleyre By e.v. de cleyre On Saturdays, my mother brought me to the fabric store where she worked and taught me to measure yards. At home, the sewing machine whirred us to sleep, as my mother stole moments of creativity for herself. Slivers and scraps of fabric became…
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Live and in person…
I’m on the road, braving Ohio winter: Thursday, March 10, 6:30-8:30 p.m.: A Tasting with Friends, featuring local authors, great wines and beers, to benefit the Washington-Centerville Public Library and Friends of WCPL, at Yankee Trace Country Club. What a great list of writers to share the evening with! Friday, February 12, 7 p.m.: Reading…
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Do I Own My Story? But What If It’s Also Your Story, and You Don’t Want Me To Tell It?
Originally posted on The Brevity Blog: Laurie Hertzel By Laurie Hertzel Like any good student, I sat in the front row, took diligent notes, and believed, for a while, everything my teachers said. As a young newspaper reporter, I had ambitions beyond daily journalism, so for years I attended as many workshops and seminars as possible,…
CL Pauwels at Large 