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What are you waiting for?
Originally posted on C h a z z W r i t e s . c o m:
Here are Ten Rules About No One: 1. No one is waiting for you to get your life together. They want results, not excuses. 2. No one is waiting for your next book. They say they are, but… -
How does your TBR pile stack up?
For last week’s #Fridayreads on Twitter, I tried to consolidate my TBR piles (more of a TBR shelf), and was a bit shocked at the disparate groupings: How did my fiction pile get so small?! I know that during 2006-08 when I was finishing my bachelor’s degree, I had very little time to read for […]
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Speeding clocks and grumpy bosses
Only four weeks to Killer Nashville and the preview of FORTY & OUT – who’s stealing the calendar pages?! Now that the Antioch Writers’ Workshop is over and my grades are submitted for summer term, I can focus on giving Jadz and company the introduction they deserve. Two weeks ago, I shared the origins of […]
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On self-doubt (fuel for writing?)
Originally posted on Rebecca Kuder:
Do peregrine falcon babies experience self-doubt? I got an email from a writer friend who is working on a complicated memoir. She is stuck in the process. In her email, she described the self-doubt that crept in after witnessing a commercial agent dispensing what I consider toxic advice at a workshop. When… -
AWW defies physics…continues to out-do itself!
Ever since my first visit to the Antioch Writers’ Workshop in 2009, I’ve been convinced that the inspiration-packed week in July couldn’t possibly get any better. I’m always wrong. Maybe I’m a slow learner, but I don’t think so. AWW, led by Executive Director Sharon Short and a stellar Board of Directors, keeps outdoing itself. […]
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An auspicious countdown begins
Six weeks and counting! In just six short weeks (forty-two days…life, the universe, and everything – look it up!), I’ll be arriving at the fantastic writers’ conference known as Killer Nashville. Not only do I look forward to meeting Clay Stafford and all the wonderful KN family, but the Deadly Duo (Bill and Sharon Hopkins) […]
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