Tag: writing
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The calendar reads July, which means conference season!
For me, at least. As I said more than once this past week, I live for the first full week of July, when the Antioch Writers’ Workshop convenes (Disclaimer: I’ve served as a workfellow for AWW since 2010, and as Assistant Director since August 2014). AWW 2015 was my seventh year in attendance, and the…
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90K words and waffling…
Good thing the writing mavens were right when they said first drafts are sh.. crap. I’ve been chugging along on first a hard-copy read-through of my follow-up to FORTY & OUT (working title: My Brother, My Friend), using up lots of red ink (it’s what I do – ask my students!) but feeling reasonably confident…
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Round and round she goes…
Odd, isn’t it, how circular life can be. In the past few weeks, two separate events have brought my current writerly life around to distant memories. Surprisingly (to me, at least), the Paradies Shops Bookstore at the Dayton International Airport is an active supporter of local authors. Twice now I’ve been invited to hold signings…
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OAT: Talent and hard work will out
One of the more gratifying (and challenging!) duties I carry out at Assistant Director of the Antioch Writers’ Workshop is overseeing the scholarships we award through a number of writing contests. This was my first year handling the entire process, and while sending emails to those who weren’t selected was painful for me (I’ve been…
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“Good writers borrow…”
For several months now, I’ve been tossing around for an appropriate way to highlight the work of fellow writers. So many great sites helped share my launch of FORTY & OUT (Dru’s Musings, Jungle Red Writers, Pat Gilgor’s Writer’s Forum, Bravebird Publishing) that I knew I needed a way to pay it forward. And contrary…
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Taming the monkey
Buddhists call it “monkey brain.” Geeks (like Hubby) say it’s simply an indication our brains are on information overload and need a good defrag (Take that any way you like; he loves double entendre.). Western society says it’s a disease (ADHD) that must be medicated. Nutritionists point to our over-caffeinated, high-sugar based diets and lack…
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